UK's migrant barge evokes past memories of its prison hulks - in pictures

  • The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge passes Prawle Point Cliffs near Salcombe, Devon during transportation by tug boat from dry dock in Falmouth, Cornwall to Portland in Dorset. PA
    The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge passes Prawle Point Cliffs near Salcombe, Devon during transportation by tug boat from dry dock in Falmouth, Cornwall to Portland in Dorset. PA
  • Tug boat Mercia pulls the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge into Portland in Dorset. PA
    Tug boat Mercia pulls the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge into Portland in Dorset. PA
  • Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port. Reuters
    Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port. Reuters
  • People board the Bibby Stockholm immigration barge. Getty
    People board the Bibby Stockholm immigration barge. Getty
  • Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port. Reuters
    Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port. Reuters
  • Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center has become a permanent fixture on New York City’s East River. Photo: Wikipedia
    Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center has become a permanent fixture on New York City’s East River. Photo: Wikipedia
  • HMP Weare floating prison was eventually closed in 2005 as too expensive to maintain.
    HMP Weare floating prison was eventually closed in 2005 as too expensive to maintain.
  • During Northern Ireland’s Troubles, nearly 50 years later, the submarine support ship HMS Maidstone became a floating “internment holding area” in 1969, holding Irish Republicans without trial. Photo: Wikipedia
    During Northern Ireland’s Troubles, nearly 50 years later, the submarine support ship HMS Maidstone became a floating “internment holding area” in 1969, holding Irish Republicans without trial. Photo: Wikipedia