The Latest Breaking News from Portland Port

Bibby Stockholm: Albanian asylum seeker died from ‘compression of the neck’

Leonard Farruku was found unresponsive aboard the accommodation vessel at Portland Port.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Inquest to be held into death of asylum seeker who died on board Bibby Stockholm

Dorset Police confirmed that a man had died aboard the accommodation vessel, based at Portland Port, on December 12

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

Bibby Stockholm barge costs taxpayers £22m amid calls for asylum seekers to be rehomed following death

The cost of housing migrants on the barge is revealed as the Home Office is under pressure to find alternatives

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge

The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment. The vessel is set to accommodate over 500 asylum seekers. This, the Home Office argues, will benefit British taxpayers and local residents.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Portland not the right place to be homing all of these people, say protesters

The Bibby Stockholm barge will house 500 asylum seekers.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Bibby Stockholm: Protests as barge to house 500 asylum seekers arrives in Dorset port

The accommodation barge arrived in Portland Port on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2023

Cancelled cruise ship costs local economy £400,000 according to Portland Port

Bosses at Dorset port said that non-arrival of Princess Cruise lines' Regal Princess had also lost berthing fees

Birmingham Post · Jul 12, 2023

New £26m deep-water port opens in Dorset

Portland Port held a ceremony with more than 150 guests to celebrate completion

Birmingham Post · Jun 26, 2023

Right-wing protest fears as asylum seekers barge arrives in Cornwall

The vessel, which will house around 500 migrants, is then expected to be moved into position at the Portland of Port in Dorset

Wales Online · May 9, 2023

Migrant barge arrives in UK as docking port reportedly fears far-right protests

The Port of Portland has reportedly removed cruise ship arrival dates from its website in a bid to deter anti-migrant demonstrations.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023