Bibby Stockholm barge costs taxpayers £22m amid calls for asylum seekers to be rehomed following death
More than £22 million has been spent on accommodation for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge so far, the Home Office’s top official revealed on Wednesday.
The "eye-watering" cost has been confirmed a day after a man was found dead on the vessel moored in Portland Port, Dorset, prompting calls for migrants to be moved off.
The barge has capacity for 500 people but fewer than half that number are currently housed there.
Home Secretary James Cleverly has promised an investigation into the death.
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