Protesters have gathered close to the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge - after the migrants being housed on board needed to be moved to different lodging after Legionella was found.

The Home Office eliminated the 39 folks being housed on board the barge, which is moored in Portland, Dorset, on Friday after exams carried out on the water provide in July revealed the micro organism.

One placard mentioned "No Barge, Stop the Boats" and one other demanded "No to unvetted men" - whereas others took goal at Portland Port Chief Bill Reeves and referred to as for a cease to "Bill’s Barge".

The UK Health Security Agency is known to have knowledgeable ministers on Thursday that Legionella had been discovered within the vessel’s water system.

None of these on board are believed to have proven signs of Legionnaires’ Disease and they're at present being housed elsewhere.

The Home Office has mentioned the migrants are being supplied with “appropriate advice and support”.

The Bibby Stockholm has a capability of greater than 500 folks, and the Government hopes it would assist scale back the price of preserving asylum seekers awaiting the result of their purposes in lodges - which stands at round £6million a day.

At least 509 folks crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, with not less than six different folks drowning and 58 rescued after their boat sank.

Tory MP David Davis mentioned he didn't really feel the barge wouldn't function a “solution” to the backlog - even with out the presence of the micro organism.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4, the previous Brexit Secretary mentioned: “The primary thing that’s been revealed has been the startling incompetence of the Home Office itself… It’s really, really hard to understand how, at all layers, this could not be caught early.”

A Home Office spokesperson mentioned: “The health and welfare of asylum seekers remains of the utmost priority.

“The Home Office and our contractors are following all protocol and advice from Dorset Council’s Environmental Health team, UK Health Security Agency and Dorset NHS who we are working closely with.”