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.

I haven't been imprisoned in my entire life, but now when people ask I say 'yeah, I've been on the Bibby Stockholm,'" he added. Local opinion in Portland was mixed and tense. Most months there ...

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 ...

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 ...