The number of migrants arriving in the UK over the past week is more than double the capacity of a barge the government has recently leased to house refugees.
, is being hired by the Home Office from Bibby Marine and will be used from this summer.
The Home Office has already announced three, including two ex-military bases and a former prison, that will be used as housing: RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, an MoD site in Essex, and HMP Northeye, in Bexhill, East Sussex.The latest figures on crossings point to what charities are describing as"unrealistic" policies by the UK government aimed at trying to deter illegal journeys.
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