Migrants moved off barge over Legionella bacteria fears
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Migrants are being temporarily removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the water. Read More
'The migrants may perceive the barge as a prison – but it should be perceived as a sanctuary'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, welcomed the first set of asylum seekers as part of the Home Office’s plan to…
Small boats migrant crisis hits 100,000 milestone in five years after arrivals today
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of people to cross the English Channel in small boats has hit 100,000 since records began in January 2018. Read…
‘Significant’ number of asylum seekers change minds about Dorset barge after Government warning
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A “significant” number of asylum claimants has agreed to board a Dorset barge after the Government refused to offer them an “à la…
Inside the Bibby Stockholm: Migrant shares footage from barge praising the 'good food and beds' - but others complain the floating 'prison' with a pool room, gym and TVs in rooms is 'like Alcatraz'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Asylum seekers onboard the Bibby Stockholm have shared competing accounts of life on the barge, with one praising the ‘good food and…
Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media. Read More
West London kebab restaurant closed for three months after repeatedly hiring illegal worker
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Reading Time: < 1 minute AWest London kebab restaurant has had its licence suspended for three months after repeatedly hiring illegal workers over an eight month period….
Migrants board Bibby Stockholm: Up to 50 single men are greeted by pro-migrant campaigners bearing gift packages of flowers, maps and shampoo as they finally move on to the Dorset-based vessel
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first asylum seekers have been pictured boarding the Bibby Stockholm barge following weeks of delays – as a charity revealed its…
First migrants arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Asylum seekers have finally stepped foot on Britain’s first migrant barge, in a first breakthrough for ministers’ attempts to reduce reliance on…
Bibby Stockholm: Inside ‘quasi-prison’ barge as first migrants set to go on board
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sitting behind 15ft metal fencing and two sets of guarded gates, the 222 tiny cabins on the Bibby Stockholm – the Home Office’s…