Permission for asylum seeker barge in London rejected, confirms Royal Docks

Permission for asylum seeker barge in London rejected, confirms Royal Docks

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ermission to berth a barge housing asylum seekers at an east London docks has been rejected, it has been confirmed.

London’s Royal Docks said it had informed the Home Office last month that water beside City Airport would not be appropriate as a potential location to moor one of its floating accommodation vessels for refugees.