Floating Prisons—Councils Offered £3,500 Per Bed - UK Column News

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-12th-july-2023
- GOV.UK: RAF Scampton asylum accommodation
- Daily Mail: Protesters march against plan for barge for more than 500 migrant men off the Dorset coast as demo forces cruise ship to cancel scheduled stop
- Daily Mail: Residents of seaside town earmarked for migrants barge are worried what the '506 young men will do at the height of summer' when they are 'unmonitored and with little money', MP says
- LocalGov: Councils offered £3,500 to house refugees on barges
- Dorset Council: Latest statement on asylum seeker barge
“The funding that has been agreed—£3,500 per occupied bed space—will allow us to fulfil our duties. In addition, a one-off payment of £377,000 will help provide asylum seekers with activities…”
- Corporate Watch: ‘Floating Prisons’: The 200-year-old family business behind the Bibby Stockholm
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