Labour are axing the Bibby Stockholm barge.

so will they have to source 400 accommodations around weymouth?

Such a good idea, not. The barge was good enough for the working population,but not these people, who expect so much more. So where will they put them then.

karmalady

so will they have to source 400 accommodations around weymouth?

No they will have cleared the backlog. Many of the Bibby Stockholm people are professionals and hopefully will be able to contribute yo the economy by then.

so they will get local jobs and also accommodation.

My view?
Labour will be clearing the asylum backlog by approving all claims, removing the Rwanda deterrent before proving it worked or didn't, and now closing all temporary accommodation for illegal migrants will be fine. We have cash, housing & infrastructure in abundance.

If anyone was in any doubt where the Labour miracle of growth will come from, it's now clear. They will continue down the road of an open-door policy for migration and counting topline GDP rather than the much more realistic GDP per capita.

Surprised? Absolutely not. It's why I didn't vote Labour. It's all very predictable.

karmalady

so they will get local jobs and also accommodation.

No, if they are professionals they will go to where they can work in their profession. Why would they want to stay in Weymouth?

On the plus side the £20 million cost will be saved and usefully used elsewhere.
Hopefully the professionals will include doctors and nurses.

I’m glad that the Bibby Stockholm is going. It never made sense. It is costing taxpayers £22.5 million – equivalent to £41,000 a day and more than an asylum hotel, the Home Office disclosed in December 2023.

Casdon

karmalady

so they will get local jobs and also accommodation.

No, if they are professionals they will go to where they can work in their profession. Why would they want to stay in Weymouth?

If they have come over by small boat, the chances are they have destroyed any paperwork/identification.

It will take a lot longer than six months to verify their identity, to find out where they come from, and eventually establish if they are skilled.

If they are skilled they will need to prove that they are capable in both the skill/profession and the English language

Does anyone think that this can be accomplished by January 2025?

Many on the Stockholm actually arrived here by air.

The people on Portland must be so pleased to get rid of such an eyesore.

Good points GG13.

Whitewavemark2

Many on the Stockholm actually arrived here by air.

The people on Portland must be so pleased to get rid of such an eyesore.

Which is why my first word was If

Casdon

I’m glad that the Bibby Stockholm is going. It never made sense. It is costing taxpayers £22.5 million – equivalent to £41,000 a day and more than an asylum hotel, the Home Office disclosed in December 2023.

But surely these 3 ‘holding places’ were cheaper than providing hotel accommodation?

I wonder how Labour will sort this. It’s very interesting.

This

“But the intention was never to "solve" the asylum backlog but to make the Tories more appealing to fascists and racists by being per-formatively cruel to asylum seekers.”

karmalady

so they will get local jobs and also accommodation.

You know this, how please. Details of asylum seekers are not public knowledge. What proof of Professional qualifications do they have I wonder!!

Whitewavemark2

This

“But the intention was never to "solve" the asylum backlog but to make the Tories more appealing to fascists and racists by being per-formatively cruel to asylum seekers.”

😴😴😴

GG13 “can this be accomplished by January 2025?”
Yes for the Bobby Stockholm people, who are what this thread is about. I don’t believe they include people who have no papers.

Siobhan Macdonald MP appeared today on PoliticsLive and made it very clear she is as deluded and confused as we all.are about Labours plans.
Q. So what are you going to do with asylum claims that fail?
A. Well...we..will...er deport them to where they came from....
Q. And if they came from Iran, Syria, Libya etc do you think they will be accepted
A Well..er you send them back to France, surely that is achievable?

This is a Labour MP.let loose on TV with no clue whatsoever.

Now - the key question:
Where are they all going to go?

One reason the people on the Bibby Stockholm differ from newly arrived migrants as their claims are already in the asylum system

- this, I assume, is a reason for the time scale, already had initial assessments etc.

Freya5

karmalady

so they will get local jobs and also accommodation.

You know this, how please. Details of asylum seekers are not public knowledge. What proof of Professional qualifications do they have I wonder!!

Exactly what I was going to ask.

I hope they find decent places to live and aren’t just turned out with nowhere to go. What will they do with the ship? It could be a tourist place or backpackers perhaps.

Whitewavemark2

This

“But the intention was never to "solve" the asylum backlog but to make the Tories more appealing to fascists and racists by being per-formatively cruel to asylum seekers.”

Whose quotes are those?

nanna8

I hope they find decent places to live and aren’t just turned out with nowhere to go. What will they do with the ship? It could be a tourist place or backpackers perhaps.

And I would bet that backpackers would be more than happy with the accommodation.

nanna8

I hope they find decent places to live and aren’t just turned out with nowhere to go. What will they do with the ship? It could be a tourist place or backpackers perhaps.

That's the owners' problem.