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Home Office to cut number of hotels for migrants

Contracts with more than 100 hotels to end in bid to slash £8 million a day bill

Ministers will tout progress on 'stopping the boats' with plan to cut number of hotels housing asylum seekers

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the backlog of asylum cases was “falling rapidly”, reducing the need for hotels to house them.

campaigners have expressed concern about the conditions on board, but the government insists the vessel is safe — and that it will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. from dorset, danjohnson reports. three weeks after reaching portland, the bibby stockholm looks like it's about to take up its role, as a home for asylum seekers and a display of a tougher approach to immigration. this is part of the government's insistence on reducing hotel bills, currently around £6 million a day, and deterring migrants from crossing the channel. it's controversial. concerns about fire safety saw it labelled a death trap, but it seems everything may now be in place. we have seen a letter sent to asylum seekers, saying they'll be moved here later today. now, that did happen twice last week and then there were delays, but this is the first time a specific date's been mentioned. and the home office is under pressure now to make this work. when i was shown around,

officials emphasised it was safe and clean, but basic and functional. in the past, offshore workers have stayed here and other countries have used it for asylum seekers. but fitting bunk beds has doubled its capacity and heightened concerns about inhumane, unsafe conditions. no hate, no fear. all: refugees are welcome here! broader opposition has followed local protests about the impact on this community and its public services. many still feel this is the wrong thing in the wrong place. but it's become a test of whether the government can turn its ideas, its plans and rhetoric over immigration into real, workable solutions. danjohnson, bbc news, portland. live now to the bbc�*s ellie price who is in portland dorset in the south of england for us now. the indication of when the first migrants are due to a lie. we

expected to be there later any day. up expected to be there later any day. up to 500 men are expected to be housed on the barge, three stories high. the unwitting for the outcome of asylum applications and this floating accommodation was docked off the coast of dorset, nearly three weeks ago but you made a member a lot of concern raised, health and safety concerns particularly about those have been put to rest we understand and the breaking news is the first group of migrants is on board the barge and portland which has been ready for three weeks but going through further checks and we know they have

communal rooms or dormitories will be up to six men housed which has raised real concerns from some people. the home office is saying what people see as a gradual increase in numbers, there will not be 500 on board today but the number will increase everyday so we may see possibly 500 men there by the end of the week. this was a barge on action of a design to house around 200 people which has led to some concern about the home office is saying everything there as safe and secure. the news coming to us in the past few minutes, the first group of men has arrived on the bibby stockholm and portland, more people expected to arrive later and the week. we have journalists watching events for us from dorset that will be joining us from dorset that will be joining us throughout the day to bring reaction to the news that it has been a few weeks and the making with

southampton university on a potential new vaccine for crimean congo fever, that change and climate means the tick is not a risk in the uk but as the populations move across europe each of these diseases becomes more likely so it is a growing concern and we are very sure we want to be as ready as we can for any new pathogen arriving.— any new pathogen arriving. thank ou. some breaking news from dorset, we were talking about the bibby stockholm, the barge docked there, we understand the first group of maggots has arrived on board. we think we are being told —— the first group of migrants. more people are

hello welcome to the programme. britain chairs the first ever security council session on artificial intelligence. how do we mitigate the risks? while taking full advantage of the benefits? light touch, pro—innovation? or do we need general—purpose rules overseen by an international body, like the iaea. also we'll talk to the man in ukraine who is procuring arms for the counter—offensive. the bbc has spoken to military leaders in the east, who say currently, it is going much slower going than they would have hoped. and that enormous floating barge has arrived in portland dorset, to house migrants who land illegally here in the uk. but will the new bill the government passed in the house last night deter those who have put their lives in the hands of the people smugglers?