We start here in the uk where the government is once again under scrutiny over its decision to house Asylum Seekers on a barge off the south coast of england. The first men to be housed on the vessel called the bibby stockholm began arriving on board today. Ministers hope that up to 500 will follow, to await decisions on their asylum applications. The government says itll help reduce the costs of housing migrants in hotels and today new figures showed that a Record Number of Asylum Seekers more than 50,000 were in so called Contingency Accommodation. But campaigners have raised concerns about the conditions on the barge and its believed that some Asylum Seekers have had their transfers cancelled after legal interventions. Protestors gathered close to the barge in dorset. This was what they had to say a little earlier im against the barge, i think its extremely dangerous, as has been proved by the fire brigade. I dont think they should be on the barge. They. Its like a prison. And i thi
Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. They are suffering and this is what were doing. B
I have to be honest, we are not going to be able to turn things round straightaway but we will get to work on that. Hollywoods biggest night kicks off later with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins. Hello, im anna foster. A us military ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Port for aid deliveries. The us military confirmed the Ship Set Sail in the last few hours from a Military Base in virginia on its way to garzo but it will take time to construct a port. Time is in short supply. The un warning and a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a Million People are currently facing famine. There is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food that has been loaded on board over the last few days which are still waiting to be given the all clear to set sail from cyprus. The eu announced this over the weekend, a joint operation between the eu, the uk, the us and others and they say this s
Hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive remains in question. With no Functioning Port in gaza, its unclear where it will dock upon entry. The open arms will set off from the port of larnaca. It taken an enormous effort to get this far with it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this Relief Mission but the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza and it may take as long as three days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from cyprus to gaza but when they get there, they will arrive in a territory with no Functioning Port so they have to offload the aid and in the north of gaza, distributing aid is the most badly affected and desperately in need part of gaza, distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down, absolute chaos on the ground so they will also have to manage that. That will be a Great Success if they managed to
We start with efforts to get desperately needed aid into gaza, lets ta ke lets take you to live pictures in larnaca with a Spanish Charity ship is leaving the port carrying some 200 tonnes of food to gaza along what is going to become a new Maritime Aid Corridor that was announced by the eu. This vessel is being operated by world central kitchen, and it has been in larnaca for the last three weeks. It is towing a barge loaded with items which have been provided by world central kitchen. It is being organised by open arms, you can see the vessel has 0pen organised by open arms, you can see the vessel has open arms written on it. The open arms people say that on that barge being told our 200 tonnes of basic foodstuffs, including things like rice and flour and cans of tuna. The ship will take around two or three days to reach as i but we do not know where it will dock in gaza because there are no ports, so anything which has been set up will have to be temporary. It is an under closed loc