Watch: Workers begin stocking Bibby Stockholm barge with supplies with migrants expected to arrive ‘in days’

Items are being delivered onto the Bibby Stockholm barge with migrants expected to arrive over the coming days.

Rishi Sunak confirmed Bibby Stockholm has gone through a series of checks before it can house asylum seekers to make sure it complies with regulation.

Speaking to broadcasters at the Great British Beer Festival in west London’s Olympia exhibition centre, the Prime Minister said: “This is ultimately about fairness. I don’t think it’s fair that British taxpayers are forking out six million quid a day to house illegal migrants in hotels – I want to put an end to that.”