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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco

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Rishi Sunak’s government is to push on with finding more barges to house asylum seekers, despite the plan to put migrants in the Bibby Stockholm barge descending into “utter farce”.

The PM is under intense pressure on small boats after the Dorset barge was evacuated over Legionella bacteria found in the water supply, and the deaths of six people after a boat sank off the coast of France.

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