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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nina Lloyd and Bill McLoughlin

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

The Home Office is facing mounting pressure to answer questions surrounding the removal of asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.

Conservative backbenchers have accused the department of “incompetence” after the 39 people who had boarded the vessel were transferred to alternative accommodation on Friday evening.

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