While the Bibby Stockholm was touted as a cheap method to house migrants - which was costing the taxpayer £8m to put thousands of migrants up in hotels - it also garnered a lot of criticism.

The Bibby Stockholm has been pictured leaving Portland today - 18 months after the doomed vessel arrived. Pictures taken this afternoon show the barge being towed away from Portland Port.

As news emerged on Thursday that tugboats were taking the Bibby Stockholm out of UK waters, the tagline "Bye bye Bibby" started popping up on social media - but how do people in the Dorset town ...

A duck that used to be cared for by staff working on asylum seeker barge the Bibby Stockholm has found a new ... July 2023 until last November and was towed away from Portland Port in Dorset ...

The asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been pictured leaving port, 18 months after it arrived. Images show the vessel being towed away from Portland Port, after the last asylum seekers left ...

The vessel was home to just under 500 male asylum seekers The asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been pictured leaving port, 18 months after it arrived. Images show the vessel being towed ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest ... Bibby Stockholm barge by the end of December last year, and it was pictured in January being ...

2 migrants on Bibby barge arrested for 'sex attack on woman in club' THE pair aged 24 and 27 were held after the alleged assault four miles from where the floating accommodation block is moored.

The duck was fed by the crew on Bibby ... Stockholm has found a new home and is "having the best life". The barge was home to just under 500 men from July 2023 until last November and was towed ...

The duck was fed by the crew on Bibby ... Stockholm has found a new home and is "having the best life". The barge was home to just under 500 men from July 2023 until last November and was towed ...

The travel firm behind the controversial Bibby Stockholm migrant barge has been handed another £150m government contract, just months after Labour shut the vessel down following a litany of issues.