Drone footage shows Dorset barge set to house 500 asylum seekers

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Apr 5, 2023
Aerial footage shows the barge docked off the Dorset coast that is being leased to house around 500 asylum seekers.

The Home Office confirmed the plan to house migrants for at least 18 months despite legal threats made by local Tories.

â€œBasic and functional accommodationâ€ will be provided on the three-storey Bibby Stockholm along with 24/7 security.

Tory-run Dorset Council and local Conservative MP Richard Drax are considering launching legal action to prevent the barge from being docked near the seaside resort of Weymouth.

Human rights organisations criticised the â€œcrueltyâ€ of â€œconfiningâ€ hundreds of vulnerable people on a barge.

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