Bibby Stockholm: Government contract ends for controversial asylum barge

It was hailed as the reply to Britain’s asylum housing disaster – however in the present day the Government’s contract with the ill-fated Bibby Stockholm barge formally involves an finish.

The final asylum seekers are believed to have left the vessel in November however the controversial contract has now expired.

One inmate informed Sky News what it was wish to stay on board describing it as a ‘floating jail’.

Read extra: https://news.sky.com/story/bibby-stockholm-a-controversial-symbol-for-all-thats-wrong-with-asylum-policy-13287077

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