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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

Home Office threatened to deport man likely to be key witness in Bibby Stockholm inquest

Yusuf Deen Kargbo
Yusuf Deen Kargbo: ‘I’m so stressed that I can’t eat or sleep.’ Photograph: Supplied

The Home Office threatened to forcibly remove a man from the UK who is likely to be a key witness in the inquest of the asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Leonard Farruku, 26, an asylum seeker from Albania, was found dead on the Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, used by the Home Office to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers, on 12 December last year. An inquest is scheduled to open into his death in September 2025.

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