Two cruise ships that were set to house 1,000 asylum seekers have been sent back to their owners after they couldn’t find anywhere to dock. It’s not yet been confirmed just how much the government paid for the boats before returning them.
had acquired two further ships, alongside the Bibby Stockholm barge which arrived in Dorset today, to house asylum seekers instead of putting them up in hotels.
The government says hotel bills have reached £6 million a day for people coming to the UK on small boats across the Channel. Plans for one of the ships to dock near Liverpool were scrapped after being declined by the port operator. It’s understood the other ship was also refused docking near Edinburgh.
It’s not been confirmed how much the government paid for the boats before returning them to their owner. The government also wouldn’t confirm the names of the two vessels or the company they were acquired from. Asked if Mr Sunak was disappointed with the news, his official spokesman said: ‘We continue discussions about providing additional accommodation facilities and sites.The Bibby Stockholm was being moved out to sea by tug boats for its journey to Portland Port in Dorset The Home Office said it could not comment on commercial arrangements, but said the government had been looking at a ‘range of accommodation options which offer better value for the British taxpayer than expensive hotels’.
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