First of 500 illegal migrants arrive on board Bibby Stockholm barge as Sunak blasts hotel ‘farce’

The first illegal migrants have today moved onto the Bibby Stockholm barge - as Rishi Sunak blasted the “farce“ of using hotels to house them. Asylum seekers are gradually being checked into the ship moored in Portland, Dorset, with 500 men eventually expected to live there. It is part of the plan to reduce the crippling £6million-a-day cost of housing illegal arrivals in hotels. Mr Sunak today promised to end the “farce of illegal migrants being put up in hotels by the taxpayer“. The PM vowed to “leave no stone unturned” in his flagship mission to stop small boat crossings. Continue reading... The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: Like The Sun on Facebook: h