Labour Says It Will Keep Using Barges and Houses to House Asylum Seekers

Labour Says It Will Keep Using Barges and Houses to House Asylum Seekers
The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Falmouth docks in Cornwall, England, on May 31, 2023. Matt Keeble/PA
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If Labour wins the general election, it will keep using barges and hotels to house asylum seekers for “a very short-term period,” the shadow immigration minister told broadcasters on Sunday.

Stephen Kinnock blamed the government for asylum backlogs, saying the Conservatives have made a “complete chaotic shambolic mess” that the next government will have to fix.