Migrant chaos as hundreds of asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm and RAF base
Exclusive: Hundreds of asylum seekers have left or been moved out of RAF Wethersfield and the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ already this year as costs spiral
Rishi Sunak’s flagship sites to house asylum seekers have been criticised as eye-wateringly expensive, badly run and unsuitable – and now The Independent can reveal that hundreds of migrants have moved out.
More than 400 asylum seekers have left RAF Wethersfield in Essex and the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset in the first three months of the year, data shows.
The government has come under fire for splashing £145.7m on the former airbase and £15.8m on the boat in Dorset, and the ‘prison-like’ conditions.
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