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306ft barge to be used to house up to 500 asylum seekers is towed into Cornish port

News306ft barge to be used to house up to 500 asylum seekers is towed into Cornish port


A massive floating hulk that will house 500 migrants has arrived in the UK this morning for a refit ahead of going into service next month as part of a government plan to tackle the Channel small boats crisis.

The enormous 306-foot-long Bibby Stockholm could be seen this morning being towed into port in Falmouth, Cornwall, after arriving from Genoa, Italy.

The 50-year-old vessel has previously been used to house the homeless and asylum seekers in Europe, as well as having been used as accommodation for off-shore workers. 

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