Plan for cruise ship to house asylum seekers near Liverpool scrapped – By Ali Fortescue (Sky News) / June 10, 2023
A government source tells Sky News the plan for a giant ship to house hundreds of men seeking asylum has been scrapped after being declined by the port.
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 away from hotels in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.
