As part of its overhauling of the asylum system the new Labour government in Britain will stop using the controversial Bibby-Stockholm barge for migrants to be housed off the South Coast of England, the statement said.

The Conservative government began using the vessel which can accommodate up to 500 people in order to reduce the cost of hotel accommodations for asylum seekers.

The Bibby Sweden, anchored in Dorset, was a symbol of Britain's harsh asylum policy during the Conservative era. Human rights activists compared it to a jail ship and criticized its use as being inhumane.

Last year, one man died aboard and the government was forced to remove migrants from the ship for several weeks due to a separate issue of water contamination.

The British Home Office (or Interior Ministry) said that the barge's contract would expire in January.

This move is part Labour's effort to overhaul Britain's asylum system, by resuming processing claims for the thousands of migrants who were left in limbo or at risk of being deported under the previous policy.

The new government also scrapped the Conservatives’ scheme to send any illegal migrants who entered Britain by small boats to Rwanda.

Angela Eagle, Minister of Border Security and Immigration, said: "We're determined to restore order in the asylum system so it can operate swiftly, firmly and equitably, and that the rules are enforced properly."

The Home Office stated that extending the use the Bibby Sweden would have cost over 20 million pounds ($26 millions) next year.

Home Secretary Yvette cooper said that changes to the asylum process would save taxpayers 7 billion pounds in the next 10 year period. Sachin Ravikumar, Sarah Young, and KyLellan edited the article.