Housing asylum seekers in former military camps or on barges is like “going back to the Second World War”, according to leaders in Dorset where the first Government vessel is set to arrive joeduggan1 reports
Up to 500 single male migrants are due to be kept onboard a three-storey barge, the Bibby Stockholm, in Dorset’s Portland Port Housing asylum seekers in former military camps or on barges is like “going back to the Second World War”, according to leaders in Dorset where the first Government vessel is set to arrive.the three-story Bibby Stockholm boat later this month after refurbishments are carried out in Falmouth, Cornwall.
The plan has sparked opposition from both sides of the political spectrum in the local area, with South Dorset Conservative MP Mayor of Portland, Carralyn Parkes, said the plans to keep up to 500 migrants on the Bibby Stockholm were “awful”, and raised fears about how the local infrastructure would handle a“I think it’s horrible to keep this artificial community. Ordinary people live in communities where people thrive. People’s needs are best met in communities, not housed all together in camps, or barges,” she said. “It’s going back to the Second World War. It’s awful.
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