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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) accused ministers of showing a 'callous disregard' for those onboard the Bibby Stockholm - and said no asylum seekers should be housed there until concerns are addressed

After taking legal advice, the refugees are vowing to band together to resist going back to the barge accommodation as one claims conditions on board are causing 'distress'

Donald Patience, 45, was found dead at his home after officers were called to an address in response to reports of a burglary, in which a labradoodle dog was reportedly stolen

Damning new figures reveal the scale of the asylum crisis, with over 175,000 living in limbo as they await a decision and fears Home Office failings are pushing people "underground"

Carralyn Parkes, mayor of Portland in Dorset, says she's confident the Home Office broke planning laws - and is ramping up her legal challenge against the barge project after raising £18,000 from disgruntled locals

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in the early hours of August 10 - with her dad, stepmum, uncle and siblings understood to have fled to Pakistan

Home Office figures reveal well over 18,000 asylum seekers are known to have made the dangerous journey since the start of the year, with 661 arriving on 15 boats on Monday

Suella Braverman was asked how she would feel if one of her loved ones had their medicines taken off them as serious concerns were raised with the Home Office policy

Analysis of official data reveals that over 40 Rwandans have applied for asylum in the UK since 2020, while 37 people were granted asylum between 2011 and 2021 as the Government tries to convince judges the country is safe

A damning report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says there is 'little realistic prospect' that people who arrive by small boat will be removed to a third country in large enough numbers, even if the Rwanda plan ever comes in

The London Mayor has told the Government that barges for asylum seekers aren't welcome in London following the Bibby Stockholm farce as a war of words escalates

It’s expected most people will be watching the final, which kicks off at 11am, with a predicted 11 million people tuning in from parties at home with their families

Just 39 asylum seekers were moved onto the barge before it had to be evacuated four days later after legionella bacteria was detected in the water - it now sits empty in Portland

Some of them huddled under blankets while others clung to their rescuers after being brought ashore, where they were embraced by a man thought to have travelled with them

Sayeed, who worked for the British Council, was able to escape across the border to Pakistan with his wife and son in the wake of the Western pullout from Afghanistan - but has been in limbo ever since

The Prime Minister swerved a question on whether he'd been warned about health risks for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge - where Legionella bacteria was found last week

Afghan women who fled the Taliban before being brought to the UK tell of being separated from their families two years on with refugees given no answers over whether they can see their parents or children again

The former Home Secretary accused the Government of being "secretive about its intentions" over the use of the former RAF base in Wethersfield in Essex, in a fresh headache for Suella Braverman

Steve Barclay claimed ministers took very swift action by removing asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge on Friday, despite Dorset Council claiming it notified a Home Office official on Tuesday last week

Rishi Sunak's government are reeling after a horrific seven days in which the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge policy fell apart and several migrants tragically died in the Channel

Today's Channel tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least six people, comes just hours after the plan to house asylum seekers on a barge turned into a fiasco

The 24-hour Migrant Help hotline was handed £17million last year to support refugees, but asylum seekers face lengthy delays to speak to an advisor and calls often get cut off

Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments from the Conservatives' Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson were 'unworthy' of a politician

The Home Office sent asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland in Dorset despite knowing Legionella bacteria had been discovered in the water supply

A doctor treating the tuberculosis patient warned of a 'public health catastrophe' as the Home Office came under pressure to explain why it's not managed to stop Channel crossings