The UK is set to start housing hundreds of asylum seekers in a barge moored on Dorset coast. This is the Bibby Stockholm, a bleak floating accommodation block that the British government is renting to house hundreds of asylum seekers. Andrew Matthews/Getty ImagesThe barge has been the source of much controversy, with critics labeling it an inhumane way to treat vulnerable people. The government says it's using the barge to reduce the number of asylum seekers put up in hotels. The government spends $7.2 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels, according to official figures.

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Persons: Robert Jenrick, Bibby, Andrew Matthews, Landry & Kling, The Bibby Organizations: ITV News, BBC, Dorset Echo, Guardian, Landry & Locations: Dorset, Bibby Stockholm, England, Netherlands