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Evening Standard
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Flora Thompson

Migrant barge Bibby Stockholm ‘not a deathtrap’, Cabinet minister insists

A Cabinet minister has insisted a giant barge due to house asylum seekers is not a “deathtrap”.

Grant Shapps dismissed a warning from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which reportedly plans to write to the Home Office over concerns about overcrowding and access to fire exits on the Bibby Stockholm.

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