'I like it': First migrant to leave Bibby Stockholm gives verdict on what life is like on floating barge
The letter says: "Arrangements were made for you to travel from your accommodation... to alternative accommodation at the Bibby Stockholm in Portland on 7th August 2023."Accommodation is offered on a no-choice basis. Where asylum seekers fail to take up an offer of suitable accommodation without a reasonable explanation, there should be no expectation that alternative accommodation will be offered.
"If you do not travel tomorrow, on 8th August 2023, arrangements for ceasing the support that you are receiving from the Home Office may commence."The 93-metre long barge arrived at the docks in Dorset in July after completing its final journey from Falmouth to Portland.shows inside the accommodation vessel and what asylum seekers set to board the vessel later this month can expect on their three to nine months on board, according to the Home Office.
The government described the divisive new home for migrants as “basic and functional accommodation” and designed to “minimise the need to leave”.One bedroom offers a single-sized bunk bed, a desk with a chair, a small screen TV, a wardrobe and large window overlooking the rest of the dock.
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