Wirral Port Operator Rejects Home Office Migrant Barge Plan

The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Falmouth docks in Cornwall, England, on May 31, 2023. Matt Keeble/PA

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.”