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Thursday briefing: Is the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge a disaster waiting to happen?

In today’s newsletter: From overcrowding to fire safety concerns, the government’s floating facility in Dorset has been plagued with problems, and now faces a delay. What’s behind the Home Office’s latest debacle?

The Guardian - UK

Africa’s top cyclist Biniam Girmay ‘denied UK visa’ for Glasgow worlds

The Eritrean was among the favourites for the men’s elite road race in Glasgow but has withdrawn after the Home Office reportedly denied him an entry visa

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak, beware: the Bibby Stockholm is becoming a monument to your incompetence

A vacant barge, no flights to Rwanda … beyond a certain point, even Tory supporters will grow tired of empty politics, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian - UK

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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge is ‘potential deathtrap’, say firefighters

FBU to write to Home Office with overcrowding concerns after first group’s arrival delayed due to safety issues on Dorset-based vessel

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: ‘Quasi-prison’ barge delayed as asylum seekers fight move

Exclusive: Home Office sent legal letters challenging individual transfers and overall safety of vessel

The Independent UK

‘No timeframe’ on delayed opening of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Transport minister says barge in Portland going through final checks amid row over safety concerns

The Guardian - UK

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge due to fire safety fears

THE Home Office has been forced to delay moving asylum seekers on to a giant barge in order to carry out last minute fire-safety checks.

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Shoplifters who commit repeat offences to face prison

Government also plans to make greater use of facial recognition technology as part of crime crackdown bill

The Guardian - UK

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

The Guardian - UK

Charging prison living costs to wrongly convicted is unfair, says No 10

Rishi Sunak in talks with Home Office as Andrew Malkinson, freed after 17 years, could lose 25% of compensation

The Guardian - UK

Wanted sex offender caught on facial recognition camera at King Charles coronation

Image of man, 33, matched the mugshot of a wanted suspect , trigger alert to Met Police

The Independent UK

‘Floating Grenfell’ fears for government’s asylum seeker barge

The facility will eventually host about 500 men at a time

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm barge faces fire safety concerns – reports

The Times reported serious fire safety concerns about the vessel and that fire service approval remains pending.

The Independent UK

‘Abysmal’ statistics show more than 90% of crimes unsolved, says Labour

The proportion of crimes that resulted in a charge or summons was 5.7 per cent

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The Independent UK

Labour slams Tories’ ‘abysmal’ record on crime as just 5% of cases solved

Home Office data for England and Wales showed the proportion of crimes leading to a charge or summons was just 5.7 per cent

The Independent UK

‘Abysmal’ crime statistics show more than 90% of crimes unsolved – Labour

The proportion of crimes that resulted in a charge or summons was 5.7%.

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

Serious privacy concerns raised about the technology which has been deployed by some shops to help prevent theft

The Independent UK

Home Office has ‘questions to answer’ over facial recognition stance

Officials reportedly agreed to write to the independent privacy watchdog about the potential benefits of facial recognition technology in shops.

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces

The Independent UK

‘Failing to do basic research’: Home Office forced to delay plans to move asylum seekers into RAF base

‘Most intelligent people would assess the situation first and then make a decision,’ official says

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers unsure how many child asylum seekers placed in hotels

Peer’s questions reveal government cannot give total number or age of youngest due to poor record-keeping

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman ‘flailing between gimmicks’ over tents for asylum seekers

Tents idea comes after Home Office ran into problems housing people on barges

The National (Scotland)

Suella Braverman's 'cruel' new plans could see up to 2000 migrants housed in tents

UP to 2000 asylum seekers could be housed in tents on disused military sites under “cruel” new plans announced by Suella Braverman.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office buys tents to house asylum seekers

Report says that up to 2,000 people could be placed in marquees despite possibility of legal action against plan

The Guardian - UK

First 50 people coming to Bibby Stockholm asylum barge despite safety worries

Fire safety concerns and lack of lifejackets noted on the 500-capacity barge, moored in Portland, Dorset

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