Legal reprieve for asylum seekers ordered to live on Dorset barge
As first 15 people move on to Bibby Stockholm, lawyers say they are intervening to halt transfer of dozens more
People seeking refuge who were ordered to live on a controversial giant barge have been reprieved after legal challenges claimed that the vessel is unsafe and unsuitable for traumatised people.
As the first tranche of 15 people were moved on to the Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, lawyers say they are intervening to halt the transfer of dozens more on to the 220-bedroom vessel.
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