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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nina Lloyd

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

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The Home Office is facing mounting pressure over its “startling incompetence” after asylum seekers had to be evacuated from the Bibby Stockholm barge following the discovery of Legionella bacteria.

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

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