BBC News 18 July 2023
- Bibby Stockholm is the first vessel secured under Home Secretary Suella Braverman's plans to reduce the cost of asylum accommodation
- It has sailed from Cornwall to Portland in Dorset, where it will eventually be home to 500 asylum seekers
- There's been considerable local opposition, amid fears about the impact on services already under strain like healthcare
- Protesters gathered on the quayside even before the vessel docked in Portland Port
- Opponents of the home secretary's asylum housing policy have branded the barges plan “unworkable” and expensive
