Rival groups protest against asylum barge arrving in Portland

Two rival groups protested against the arrival of a barge that will house 500 asylum seekers in the Dorset town of Portland. Members of one group, No to the Barge, claimed women and children would be in physical danger from the asylum seekers and complained that local services would be overstretched. A second group, Stand Up to Racism, said it was inhumane for the UK government to cram the men on to the barge and accused ministers of whipping up hostility against refugees. The first people are expected to board the Bibby Stockholm barge later in July after voting in the House of Lords paved the way for the government’s small boats and migration bill to become law Police separate rival protesters as asylum barge arrives in Portland