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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he opposes ‘in the strongest possible terms’ any Home Office plans to moor another barge at the Royal Docks.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he opposes ‘in the strongest possible terms’ any Home Office plans to moor another barge at the Royal Docks.

The proposal would see a barge containing asylum seekers moored next to London City Airport, a short distance from Mr Khan’s office

The Prime Minister has created a new committee which is meeting twice a week.

The London Mayor says he is against any Home Office plans to moor another barge housing asylum seekers in the Royal Docks, with the Government looking to limit Channel crossings.

It is the first time proceedings in the upper chamber have continued so late since the Brexit wars.

Asylum seekers will not be housed in a barge at London’s Royal Docks, it has been confirmed.

The east London docks, beside City Airport, was named in reports this week as a potential new site to house asylum seekers as part of Government efforts to crack down on Channel crossings.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he opposes ‘in the strongest possible terms’ any Home Office plans to moor another barge at the Royal Docks.

Biden's deputies welcomed at least 107,000 more southern migrants in the three weeks after the removal of the Title 42 border barrier.