{"id":4606,"date":"2023-08-09T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=4606"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:03:58","slug":"asylum-seekers-moving-onto-bibby-stockholm-describe-conditions-like-entering-alcatraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/asylum-seekers-moving-onto-bibby-stockholm-describe-conditions-like-entering-alcatraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum seekers moving onto Bibby Stockholm describe conditions like ‘entering Alcatraz’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Asylum seekers moving onto the Bibby Stockholm migrant boat have likened the conditions to the notorious Alcatraz prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boat, located at Portland in Dorset, has room to accommodate up to 500 people. But one of the first people to move onto it\u00a0told the BBC\u00a0it felt like a prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Home Office however says the barge will provide better value for the public purse. It comes as the number of small boats arriving at the British coast continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bibby Stockholm is the first barge secured under Rishi Sunak’s plan to reduce the cost of asylum seekers. The first 15 people moved onto the barge on Monday, after a series of delayed related to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boat will house men aged between 18 and 65. They will be there while their immigration applications are processed by the Home Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Afghan asylum seeker has now opened up to the\u00a0BBC\u00a0about how he found the barge. He said: “The sound of locks and security checks gives me the feeling of entering Alcatraz prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n