Following the Illegal Migration Act in the UK that criminalises migrants crossing the English Channel, asylum seekers are making their way to the UK through France and Italy on foot.
Suella Braverman faces criticism for neglecting the protection of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and promising that the deportation flights to Rwanda will go ahead.
The Bibby Stockholm, which docked off the Dorset Coast last month, was supposed to house as many as 500 refugees, a few dozen of whom were sent aboard, and then removed due to the discovery of Legionnaire’s disease in the water supply of the barge.