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Bibby Stockholm: Home Office facing pressure over ‘incompetent’ migrant barge plan

The Home Office said all 39 of those on board had been disembarked as a “precautionary measure”

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office under fresh scrutiny over migrant barge ‘incompetence’

Six asylum seekers moved onto barge despite initial results indicating bacteria was present

The Independent UK

Home Office faces mounting questions over ‘incompetent’ Bibby Stockholm transfer

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock wrote to his opposite number demanding answers to a series of questions about the barge.

The Independent UK

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All 39 asylum seekers off Bibby Stockholm after Legionella found in water supply

All 39 of those who arrived on the vessel, docked in Portland Port in Dorset, this week have disembarked as a ‘precautionary measure’.

The Independent UK

Migrants on Bibby Stockholm ‘fear for health’ after drinking water on barge amid Legionnaires’ scare

‘One of them was really concerned because he had just drunk a glass of water and he was asking me if he was going to be OK,’ a support worker said

The Independent UK

Government’s ‘small boats week’ ends in humiliation as barge evacuated over legionnaires’ disease fears

Migrants forced to disembark from ‘Bibby Stockholm’ just days after arriving on board

The Independent UK

What is legionella and what damage can it cause?

We look at the health hazard of the bacteria discovered on the Bibby Stockholm barge and who is most at risk

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Legionella bacteria can cause serious lung disease that is fatal in 10% of cases

The bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease, was discovered in the water supply on board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman under pressure to scrap refugee barge plan after legionella found

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after bacteria which can cause serious lung infection found in water

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants moved off barge after legionella bacteria found

Asylum seekers were not told of bacteria in water system until after media reports broke

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after Legionella bacteria found - OLD

No migrants have fallen sick or developed Legionnaires’ disease.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants ‘moved off barge after legionella bacteria found’

Bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease said to have been found in water supply on board

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

The Independent UK

Lee Anderson: Bibby Stockholm barge? I’ve stayed in worse in Skegness

Deputy Tory chair doubles down on ‘f*** off back to France’ comments by saying unhappy asylum seekers should ‘go back where they came from’

The Independent UK

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The Week

Bibby Stockholm: the UK’s own Alcatraz?

Arriving on the Bibby Stockholm was like “entering Alcatraz prison”, according to one of the first asylum seekers to board the controversial barge.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Workers ‘driven stir-crazy’ on cramped barge ‘not designed for living on’

Exclusive: Former gas worker says barge was used only to ‘eat and sleep’

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers who refuse to live on barges could lose government support

Threat from immigration minister follows legal challenge to use of Bibby Stockholm as accommodation

The National (Scotland)

'I lived on the Bibby Stockholm - it's NOT acceptable to house asylum seekers on it'

THE Bibby Stockholm barge will “feel like a prison” to the desperate asylum seekers fleeing war who are housed there, according to a man who…

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The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office threatens asylum seekers with homelessness for refusing to move onto barge

Government accused of targeting asylum seekers who have been unable to secure legal representation, as more people move on board

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street backs Tory deputy chair over ‘back to France’ comments

No 10 says justice secretary was speaking for government in supporting Lee Anderson’s remarks on Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan slams Government over Tory Lee Anderson’s anti-asylum outburst

London mayor says ‘language matters’ after Conservative MP’s foul-mouthed attack on asylum seekers

The Independent UK

What will life be like for migrants on board the Bibby Stockholm barge?

After a series of delays, the first residents arrived on Monday amid continued safety and overcrowding fears.

Al Jazeera

Chocolates and a chat: A peaceful response to Quran burnings in Sweden

Muslims present at the burnings refuse to be provoked as they hand out chocolates and seek dialogue with onlookers.

Evening Standard

Minister likens UK asylum system to leaky bucket after first migrants board barge

The first 15 migrants have boarded the Bibby Stockholm but up to 20 others were granted a last-minute reprieve after legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

Legal reprieve for asylum seekers ordered to live on Dorset barge

As first 15 people move on to Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, lawyers say they are intervening to halt transfer of dozens more

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