Carralyn Parkes wanted to challenge the lawfulness of the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland Harbour, Dorset
A local councillor has lost a High Court fight with Home Secretary Suella Braverman over the housing of asylum seekers on a barge.A judge ruled on Wednesday that Mrs Parkes, a member of Portland Town Council and the mayor of Portland, did not have an arguable case.
Dorset residents and supporters of Carralyn Parkes gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday Mrs Parkes said she is “deeply concerned” by the Government’s “planned accommodation” on the Bibby Stockholm and had made challenges relating to planning and equality legislation.The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge is moored at Portland Port in Dorset
Mrs Parkes, who is from Liverpool, argued housing asylum seekers on the barge was a “breach of planning control” and said there had not been “compliance” with environmental impact assessment duties.Lawyers representing Mrs Braverman said the challenge was made to a decision taken in April to house “destitute asylum seekers on a specially adapted” barge.
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