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UK to stop housing asylum seekers in 50 hotels by early next year

Some officials are aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland, near Poole, Britain, on 7th August, 2023.

London, UKReuters Britain on Tuesday said it will stop using 50 of the hotels in which it houses asylum seekers and instead rely on cheaper forms of accommodation as part of plans to deter people arriving on the south coast of England in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping people arriving on […]

Bacteria in the water forces UK to remove asylum seekers from barge

An aerial view shows the Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port, near Poole, Britain, on 7th August, 2023.

London, UKReuters Britain is taking a group of asylum seekers off a barge just days after moving them onto the vessel because Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, an embarrassment for the government as it tries to showcase a tough new immigration policy. Britain began moving the asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm, […]