Portland Mayor says Bibby Stockholm barge 'cruel and unusual' following migrant death

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An asylum seeker has died on board the Bibby Stockholm barge.

The barge, docked in Portland Port in Dorset, is one of a number of alternative sites the Home Office is using to house asylum seekers.

Portland's Mayor said many onboard the vessel compared it to a prison and said herself that it is a "cruel and usual place" to live.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/asylum-seeker-dies-on-bibby-stockholm-barge-13028451

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