Plans for cruise ship to house asylum seekers near Liverpool ‘axed after row’

The Government has scrapped plans to host an asylum seeker ship near Liverpool, a source has claimed. 

The ship – one of seven sites planned by ministers – was due to house 500 asylum-seeking men, but now won’t serve this role following objections from Peel Ports officials in Birkenhead. 

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