BREAKING: Plans for a giant cruise ship to house asylum seekers near Liverpool have been scrapped after being declined by port officials. Sky's robpowellnews has more on this story. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Plans for a giant cruise ship to house asylum seekers near Liverpool have been scrapped after being declined by port officials.
A government source has told Sky News the vessel was due to house 500 men seeking asylum in Birkenhead, but that will no longer happen following objections from Peel Ports.The ship would have been a new, seventh site acquired by the Home Office under controversial plans to start transferring migrants from hotels in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.
The government wants to house asylum seekers in barges and former military barracks to reduce the £6m a day costs - but the plans have faced practical obstacles and objections from local politicians. The rejection comes after permission to berth a barge housing asylum seekers at an east London docks was also refused.
London's Royal Docks said it had informed the Home Office last month that water beside City Airport would not be appropriate as a potential location to moor one of its floating accommodation vessels for refugees.
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