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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

Bibby Stockholm residents’ mental health at risk from overcrowding, MPs say

The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, UK.
One man told MPs he had suicidal thoughts as a result of being housed on the Bibby Stockholm. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Overcrowded conditions on the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge, where up to six men are sharing a room designed for one person, may be putting the mental health of asylum seekers at risk, MPs have said.

Last month a delegation of MPs and peers from the cross-party home affairs committee and the joint committee on human rights visited the barge, which accommodates about 300 people in Portland, Dorset, and spoke to residents and staff.

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