The Latest Breaking News from Stockholm

Downing Street backs Tory deputy chair over ‘back to France’ comments

No 10 says justice secretary was speaking for government in supporting Lee Anderson’s remarks on Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Sadiq Khan slams Government over Tory Lee Anderson’s anti-asylum outburst

London mayor says ‘language matters’ after Conservative MP’s foul-mouthed attack on asylum seekers

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023

What will life be like for migrants on board the Bibby Stockholm barge?

After a series of delays, the first residents arrived on Monday amid continued safety and overcrowding fears.

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office breaks rules trying to put disabled asylum seekers and torture victims on barge

At least 20 transfer orders reversed after legal letters, as charity triggers wider challenge against barge

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

The Guardian view on the Bibby Stockholm: a gesture of self-defeating cruelty

Editorial: The Home Office is doomed to failure for as long as it insists on treating refugees like criminals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

What is Bibby Stockholm? Home Office to send asylum seekers back to housing barge

The use of the barge as housing for asylum seekers has been a controversial decision made by Home Secretary Suella Braverman

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2023

What will life be like for migrants aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge?

The barge, docked in Portland Port, Dorset, is the first procured by the Government to house asylum seekers while their claims are processed.

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

Migrants kept off Bibby Stockholm barge after legal challenges – charity

Human rights campaigners have condemned using the barge to house asylum seekers.

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

Charity blocks Home Office boarding asylum seekers onto Bibby Stockholm barge

Several asylum seekers have NOT boarded the Bibby Stockholm barge after their transfers were “cancelled” by lawyers, according to charity…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2023

First occupants of Bibby Stockholm barge taken onboard

First asylum seekers to be housed on floating accommodation in Portland, Dorset, have arrived

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023