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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

People on Bibby Stockholm treated like ‘cattle’, former workers say

Two women standing of hill above sea with barge in distance
Whistleblowers Levana Coker (right) and Bella Basstone, who said they saw some staff treating asylum seekers harshly. Photograph: Peter Flude/The Guardian

Asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm, the controversial barge in Dorset on which one man killed himself, are treated like “cattle” and are made to endure rancid food, bed bugs and flooding, former workers have said.

A pair of ex-employees have spoken publicly for the first time about the putrid state of the vessel, and how asylum seekers have been subjected to power cuts and poor physical conditions.

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