month. now 1200, so roughly three times as many are only doing four claims a month. sort out the asylum system. your other speaker mentioned a managed and controlled system, it s clearly not managed and controlled, is completely broken and the bibby stockholm is simply a floating symbol of failure. i let ou floating symbol of failure. i let you come floating symbol of failure. i let you come back floating symbol of failure. i let you come back in floating symbol of failure. i let you come back in a floating symbol of failure. i let you come back in a minute, tom. jane and essex, a collarfrom loughborough and edward from motherwell. what do you think of the barge? i motherwell. what do you think of the barae? ~ . ., , , barge? i think the country is overcrowded, barge? i think the country is overcrowded, we barge? i think the country is overcrowded, we got - barge? i think the country is| overcrowded, we got asylum seekers. i was born in africa but i came in 1967 with my par
house 500 asylum seekers on this barge. house 500 asylum-seekers on this barae. ., , ., barge. another possible legal challenge- barge. another possible legal challenge. thank barge. another possible legal challenge. thank you - barge. another possible legal challenge. thank you very - barge. another possible legal i challenge. thank you very much barge. another possible legal - challenge. thank you very much for the latest. to ukraine now, where at least seven people have been killed in a russian missile attack on the eastern town of pokrovsk. dozens of others were injured in the strike. the head of the donetsk region said it damaged a hotel as well as shops and office buildings. our correspondent in kyiv. james waterhouse told us more about the attack and the town where it happened. rescue efforts are continuing today after having to be paused overnight because of the risk of shelling, we re told. but pokrovsk is one of many frontline towns where, after the population was hollo
clearly these concerns are worrying local people. the government has repeatedly said that the barge is going to be better value for british taxpayers because of the huge costs of housing asylum seekers and hotels, i think it is about £6 million a day at the moment. do we know how much it cost a housing asylum seeker on the barge? we a housing asylum seeker on the barae? ~ ., ., , . .,, barge? we are told it is cheaper. there was barge? we are told it is cheaper. there was a barge? we are told it is cheaper. there was a report barge? we are told it is cheaper. there was a report recently - barge? we are told it is cheaper. there was a report recently thatl there was a report recently that suggested it might only be a little bit cheaper. the government has been very cagey and giving us an exact number over what it will cost because i suspect it has been done before so they don t entirely know. there are concerns that the costs of maintaining a barge should be more than a building
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