Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

red. on Instagram: "Did you know that the UK's contracted migrant barge, often compared to a "floating prison," has historical links to the slave trade? Watch Ollie Vargas uncover the background of the Bibby Lines company, which struck a hefty multi-billion-dollar deal with the UK government. The floating migrant facility is not the first time Bibby Lines has profited from the suffering of the people of the Global South. #RefugeesWelcome #FortressEurope #Migrants"

'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge

Semi-carceral facilities accommodating irregular migrants are designed to be hostile spaces that expose people to substandard conditions and keep them on the move, detached from wider society.

Migrant barge: Portland is a dumping ground, residents say

As the Bibby Stockholm is towed to Portland the BBC finds out how people on the island are reacting.