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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aletha Adu

Labour would use barges to temporarily house asylum seekers, says Stephen Kinnock

The Bibby Stockholm immigration barge moored at Portland Port in Dorset.
The Bibby Stockholm immigration barge moored at Portland Port in Dorset. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Controversial barges and military camps will still be used temporarily to house asylum seekers if Labour wins the next election, a member of Keir Starmer’s frontbench has said.

The shadow immigration minister, Stephen Kinnock, said the idea made him “deeply unhappy” as it was the last thing the party wanted to do. But he said Labour would have “no choice but to deal with the mess we inherit”.

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