Asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm in UK dies

The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset (Ben Birchall/PA)

An asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge in the UK has died, the PA news agency understands.

The first asylum seekers were brought back to the giant vessel, moored in Portland, Dorset, in October, some two months after it was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.

Further details of the incident are yet to be confirmed.