Office to asylum seekers saying they are going to be moved onto the barge. it does say they will be free to come and go from the barge but are requested to sign in and out. it also lists the facilities on board. things like a nurse, recreational space and english classes. of course the barge has been massively controversial, even before it arrived. there was no consultation for local people and even for the local council, dorset council. we saw a whole series of protests and demonstrations. i was at some of those and you really had to be there to fully experience the passion and the emotion of people who thought that here in portland port was entirely the wrong place to house over 500 male asylum seekers, people worried about the impact on local services and also on the local tourist industry. the barge has been here sincejuly 18. we were here sincejuly18. we were expecting asylum seekers to go on board quite rapidly after that but there had been a whole series of