Aerial footage shows the barge docked off the Dorset coast that is being leased to house around 500 asylum seekers.<br /><br />The Home Office confirmed the plan to house migrants for at least 18 months despite legal threats made by local Tories.<br /><br />“Basic and functional accommodation” will be provided on the three-storey Bibby Stockholm along with 24/7 security.<br /><br />Tory-run Dorset Council and local Conservative MP Richard Drax are considering launching legal action to prevent the barge being docked near the seaside resort of Weymouth.<br /><br />Human rights organisations criticised the “cruelty” of “confining” hundreds of vulnerable people on a barge.
