Britain's New Prison Ships

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A video about anti-refugee rhetoric, Bibby Stockholm and the crisis in the UK's asylum system.

Written, directed and presented by Tom Nicholas.
Edited by Georgia Burrows.

*Chapters*
00:00 Bibby Stockholm
02:40 A Brief History of Prison Ships
04:34 Accommodation or Detention?
09:26 Small Boats and Big Hotels
15:23 A Problem in Search of a Solution
24:46 Prison Ship Spectacle
30:54 Media Bias

*Bibliography*
You can find a bibliography for this video on my Patreon, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-britains-91869720

In Spring 2023, the British Government announced it had commandeered a floating barge called Bibby Stockholm to use as housing for asylum seekers. Human rights groups have called it a "floating prison". Here's the truth.

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Music from Epidemic Sound

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