A barge set to house hundreds of asylum seekers off the coast of England was met by protesters as it arrived in Dorset on Tuesday morning. The Bibby Stockholm - which is due to accommodate 500 people ...

A 93-metre long “mega barge” will be used to house asylum seekers in Britain for the first time, the Home Office announced on Wednesday. The Bibby Stockholm, built in 1976, will accommodate more than ...

Sitting behind 15ft metal fencing and two sets of guarded gates, the 222 tiny cabins on the Home Office’s first asylum seeker barge await the imminent arrival of their occupants. The three-level Bibby ...

London (CNN) — A barge on which the United Kingdom government plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers has been described as a “death trap” by the country’s Fire Brigades Union. Prime Minister Rishi ...

Some 500 asylum-seekers in the U.K. will be housed on a barge docked off the south coast of England, the British government said Wednesday of its latest measure aimed at discouraging migrants from ...

The U.K has announced a plan to move migrants seeking asylum from current hotel accommodations to a barge, at least two military bases and ships in an effort to slash surging costs and end the hotel ...

A giant three-story houseboat arrived in the UK Tuesday ready to house at least 500 asylum seekers to help ease a daily $7.5 million hotel bill. The Bibby Stockholm arrived by tow in Falmouth, where ...

The UK is set to start housing hundreds of asylum seekers in a barge moored on the Dorset coast. The barge looks eerily like a floating prison, with bleak, narrow corridors and cramped rooms.