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The ''Bibby Stockholm''{{'s}} contract to hold asylum seekers expired in January 2025, after which it was not renewed.[{{Cite news|url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLp2tgqRqEU|title=Bibby Stockholm: Government contract ends for controversial asylum barge|work=[[Sky News]]|via=Youtube|date=11 January 2025|access-date=11 January 2025}}] The final eight asylum seekers left the barge at the end of November 2024.[{{cite news |last=Cridland |first=Sophie |date=26 November 2024 |title=Final asylum seeker leaves Bibby Stockholm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew297pzdvko |work=BBC News |access-date=27 November 2024 }}] The ''Bibby Stockholm'' was towed away from Portland 30 January 2025.[{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Donna |date=30 January 2025 |title=Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/bibby-stockholm-barge-towed-away-18-months-after-arriving-in-dorset |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=31 January 2025}}] |
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The ''Bibby Stockholm''{{'s}} contract to hold asylum seekers expired in January 2025, after which it was not renewed.[{{Cite news|url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLp2tgqRqEU|title=Bibby Stockholm: Government contract ends for controversial asylum barge|work=[[Sky News]]|via=Youtube|date=11 January 2025|access-date=11 January 2025}}] The final eight asylum seekers left the barge at the end of November 2024.[{{cite news |last=Cridland |first=Sophie |date=26 November 2024 |title=Final asylum seeker leaves Bibby Stockholm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew297pzdvko |work=BBC News |access-date=27 November 2024 }}] The ''Bibby Stockholm'' was towed away from Portland 30 January 2025.[{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Donna |date=30 January 2025 |title=Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/bibby-stockholm-barge-towed-away-18-months-after-arriving-in-dorset |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=31 January 2025}}] |
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In 2026, [[Corporate Travel Management (company)|Corporate Travel Management]] which ran the asylum barge recognized that it had overcharging the UK government £118 million, which it was negotiating commercial arrangements to refund.[{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/22/bibby-stockholm-operator-admits-overcharging-the-government/ |title=Bibby Stockholm operator admits overcharging the Government £120m |last=Leeuwen |first=Hans van |website=The Telegraph |location=London |url-access=subscription |date=22 April 2026 |access-date=22 April 2026}}] |
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In 2026, [[Corporate Travel Management (company)|Corporate Travel Management]] which ran the asylum barge recognised that it had overcharged the UK government £118 million, which it was negotiating commercial arrangements to refund.[{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/22/bibby-stockholm-operator-admits-overcharging-the-government/ |title=Bibby Stockholm operator admits overcharging the Government £120m |last=Leeuwen |first=Hans van |website=The Telegraph |location=London |url-access=subscription |date=22 April 2026 |access-date=22 April 2026}}] |
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