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Council says Home Office contractors told of Legionella on day of barge transfer

Dorset Council has said a Home Office official was told about the preliminary results on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Contractors told about legionella on day asylum seekers boarded barge

Dorset council says it flagged test results about potentially deadly bacteria on Monday, but evacuation didn’t take place until four days later

The Guardian - UK

509 people crossed the Channel on day six died in boat sinking

The latest Home Office figures take the total for the past three days alone to more than 1,600 amid improved weather conditions.

The Independent UK

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Sunak under pressure over ‘appalling’ small boat deaths – as 500 more people cross Channel

Government accused of being ‘increasingly shambolic’ on crisis – but some Tories point finger of blame at French

The Independent UK

Windrush compensation scheme ‘to be scaled back due to low uptake’ – despite claimants struggling to apply

Exclusive: Home Office minister downplays the impact of the scandal upon thousands of people

The Independent UK

Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco

Government has ‘no problem’ hiring more vessels, says minister as pressure grows on PM to tackle small boats after Channel deaths

The Independent UK

SNP by-election candidate challenges Labour to stand up for detained Stirling student

THE SNP’s candidate in the upcoming Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election has called the Home Office’s treatment of a local resident…

The National (Scotland)

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Home Office spent £35k on ads to deter small boat migrants - but targeted tourists instead

Exclusive: Adverts told people ‘don’t risk your life’ and ‘seek asylum in the first safe country you reach’

The Independent UK

Ministers under pressure to tackle small boat crossings after six die in the Channel

Campaigners described the incident as an ‘appalling and preventable tragedy’ while MPs called for action to stop criminal gangs facilitating the boats

Evening Standard

How the ‘small boats week’ unravelled

First asylum seekers were forced on to the Bibby Stockholm barge – then they were taken off when Legionella was detected

The Guardian - UK

Government under fresh pressure to tackle Channel crossings after 6 deaths

Campaigners described the incident as an ‘appalling and preventable tragedy’ while MPs called for action to stop criminal gangs facilitating the boats

The Independent UK

Channel boat deaths prompt fresh anger over asylum policy

Hunt is on for survivors after at least six people die, while activists call for more safe and legal routes

The Guardian - UK

SNP MP writes to Home Office over detained Stirling postgraduate student

AN SNP MP has written to the Home Office calling for an explanation as to why a postgraduate student from the University of Stirling has been…

The National (Scotland)

Six dead and dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes in Channel as search continues

Migrants were using shoes to bail water out of the sinking boat, according to one volunteer

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How to sign the open letter in support of detained Stirling University student

Hundreds of people have signed an open letter calling for the Home Office to review the case of a postgraduate student at the University of Stirling…

The National (Scotland)

Tory minister's comments come back to haunt him amid pressure on Home Office

A TORY minister’s comments on immigration have come back to haunt him as the Home Office faces mounting pressure over the removal of asylum…

The Guardian - UK

Ministers must say what was known of legionella on Bibby Stockholm, says Labour

Labour writes to immigration minister while David Davis derides ‘startling incompetence’ of Home Office

Evening Standard

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”

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The Independent UK

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

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

Man jailed for conspiring to smuggle Albanian migrants through Channel Tunnel

Christopher Hennigan was arrested after five Albanian nationals were found hiding in the back of a motorhome on the French side of the tunnel.

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 Guardian - UK

‘Small boats week’ ignores wider context of irregular immigration in UK

Headline numbers overshadow fact that many asylum seekers come by plane and other countries face higher figures

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