The Latest Breaking News from Stockholm

Man found dead on Bibby Stockholm lay undiscovered for 12 hours, roommate says

Exclusive: Leonard Farruku’s former roommate was offered no support after being relocated to another room without belongings

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2024

How we met: ‘It was the first time I’d ever responded to a stranger online’

Claudia, 42, and Ulrika, 41, from Stockholm, met in 2016 and have been best friends ever since – bonding over their passion for business and travelling

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

Leonard Farruku: Fundraiser for man who died on Bibby Stockholm close to doubling £10,000 target

The family of Leonard Farruku launched an appeal to help repatriate his body to Albania

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2024

Housing asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm barge is discriminatory, Home Office finds

The department’s equality impact assessment found keeping people on the barge breaks the 2010 Equality Act on the grounds of sex and age

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

After a painful breakup, I dreaded returning to Sweden. Then came a friend’s quiet act of kindness

Memories of life with my ex-boyfriend followed me around Stockholm. But day by day, it became easier, says writer Imogen West-Knights

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023

Bibby Stockholm policy is discriminatory, Home Office report finds

Assessment says policy is ‘directly discriminating in relation to age [and] sex’ and says changes may have to be made

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

‘Nobody has told us anything’: Bibby Stockholm residents prepare for ‘boring’ Christmas

Asylum seekers living on the vessel moored in Portland, Dorset say they expect another ‘boring’ day on the ‘floating prison’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

Coroner asks Home Office for statement on man’s death on Bibby Stockholm

Coroner gives department six weeks to respond as inquest opens into death of Leonard Farruku on barge

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Bibby Stockholm: Albanian asylum seeker died from ‘compression of the neck’

Leonard Farruku was found unresponsive aboard the accommodation vessel at Portland Port.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Bibby Stockholm Barge Suicide Victim Identified As Albanian National

Asylum seekers are speaking out against the Bibby Stockholm Barge after a series of suicides, revealing that "the boat is like a prison".

International Business Times UK · Dec 20, 2023