In the last week over 1,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel, which is twice the number of people that the government’s barge can house on the Dorset coast.
This was unveiled last week as the latest wheeze to address Britain’s migrant crisis: a floating barge with 222 rooms to house up to 500 migrants as their asylum applications are processed.
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