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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Bibby Stockholm: number of asylum seekers to be housed on barge reduced

The Bibby Stockholm vessel in Portland, England.
The Bibby Stockholm vessel in Portland, England. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Questions have emerged over the cost-effectiveness of the Bibby Stockholm barge after the Home Office reduced the number of asylum seekers it plans to house on the vessel.

The floating accommodation for asylum seekers harboured in Portland port, Dorset, was initially supposed to house about 500 people, but the Home Office has reduced this to a maximum of 425.

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