Threat from immigration minister follows legal challenge to use of Bibby Stockholm as accommodation
People seeking asylum in the UK who refuse accommodation such as barges may have government support withdrawn, the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has said.
The first group of asylum seekers were moved on to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, on Monday. Lawyers soon intervened to halt further transfers after claims the 220-bedroom vessel was unsafe and unsuitable for traumatised people.
