Armed police units have docked at Portland Port, a dock in Dorset, before The Bibby Stockholm Barge arrives to port later today.
The 305ft barge will house up to 500 migrants, and will be used by the Home Office as a space to home hundreds of male asylum seekers.
Pictures show the armed officers gathering to board boats at the port. The Bibby Stockholm Barge originally arrived in Britain last month, where it docked in Falmouth.
Before its journey to Dorset, it was checked and refurbished.
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