The barge, docked in Dorset, will house up to 500 people in plans critics have called inhumane.
The first 50 asylum seekers will be moved to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland later today, the BBC has been told.
The government has said the vessel offers basic and functional accommodation and it previously housed oil and gas workers - as well as asylum seekers in other countries. But there has been considerable local opposition to the plan, due to concerns about the asylum seekers' welfare, as well as the potential impact on local services.and campaigners have called the plans "cruel and inhumane" in an open letter to barge owner Bibby Marine.
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