A controversial barge off southern England is expected to start housing its first asylum seekers later (Monday).
The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland is due to take in hundreds of people as they await the outcome of asylum applications.
It's been criticised as inhumane - but the government says the vessel is safe and will help bring down the costs of housing migrants who arrive in the UK.
The government is reportedly also working on a plan to fly asylum seekers to the British territory, Ascension Island, in the Atlantic.
Political Editor of HuffPost UK, Kevin Schofield, says it's the latest in a long line of ideas.
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The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland is due to take in hundreds of people as they await the outcome of asylum applications.
It's been criticised as inhumane - but the government says the vessel is safe and will help bring down the costs of housing migrants who arrive in the UK.
The government is reportedly also working on a plan to fly asylum seekers to the British territory, Ascension Island, in the Atlantic.
Political Editor of HuffPost UK, Kevin Schofield, says it's the latest in a long line of ideas.
IN: 'It was...
OUT: ...disputes.'
DUR: 20 seconds