The operator of a port near Liverpool has said there’s no “conceivable scenario” where the Home Office can moor a barge to hold illegal immigrants owing to the lack of local support.
The Home Office, which is reportedly no longer considering the site, said it’s continuing to find “new alternative sites and vessels to accommodate migrants.”
The department first announced plans in April to berth a barge in Dorset to house around 500 single adult males while their asylum claims are processed.
Mick Whitley, Labour for Birkenhead, said last month that the Home Office had also approached Wirral Council about boarding up to 1,500 asylum seekers on a vessel berthed in Birkenhead….