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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

Firefighters demand meeting with Braverman over asylum barge safety fears

Fire Brigades Union questions large numbers kept on Bibby Stockholm and lack of exit points

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

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

Pictures showed a food delivery being unloaded at the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps forced to insist Bibby Stockholm migrants’ barge is not a ‘death trap’

‘There’s no reason why it wouldn’t be absolutely safe,’ energy secretary says amid ongoing concerns about scheme

The Independent UK

Housing refugees on barge risks retraumatising them, says charity chief

Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais, also said the Bibby Stockholm barge was ‘an accident waiting to happen’.

The Independent UK

Migrant barge ‘not a deathtrap’, Cabinet minister insists

Pictures showed a food delivery being unloaded at the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, on Wednesday.

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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

Rishi Sunak confirms delayed opening of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge amid safety checks

It comes after reports that the barge could be a ‘floating Grenfell’ due to fire safety concerns

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm delay adds to disarray of Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ pledge

As with the Rwanda plan, the PM has been frustrated in his attempts to house asylum seekers on a giant barge

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

‘What is the Bibby Stockholm?’: Home Office not telling asylum seekers they are being moved to a barge

Exclusive: Lawyers reviewing one-page notices arriving in hotels, amid confusion and concern

The Independent UK

First asylum seekers to move on to UK’s migrant barge despite fire warnings

‘It’s the getting down off it that’s the issue - everybody panics when there’s a fire,’ local councillor warns

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.

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The Independent UK

First asylum seekers expected to move onto Bibby Stockholm barge next week

At full capacity of 500, each asylum seeker will have less living space than an average car parking bay

Evening Standard

First 50 asylum seekers expected to be sent to Bibby Stockholm barge on Tuesday

Refugee campaigners and residents in Dorset have raised concerns about the barge’s impact

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

The Conversation

'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge

The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment. The vessel is set to accommodate over 500 asylum seekers. This, the Home Office argues, will benefit British taxpayers and local residents.

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The National (Scotland)

Robin McKelvie: How to enjoy Scotland's forgotten archipelago

WHEN I ease out on the Maid of the Forth for an annual trip on the vast island-studded eponymous estuary I think of Stockholm, Athens and Venice, of…

France 24

Thousands in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon protest Koran desecration in Sweden

Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in Iraq.

The Guardian - UK

‘Cabins slightly larger than a prison cell’: life aboard the UK’s barge for asylum seekers

Home Office tour of asylum seeker Bibby Stockholm barge emphasises no-frills features including TVs that don’t work

The Guardian - UK

Protests across Muslim nations after Sweden allows second attack on Qur’an

Stockholm apologetic amid fears Turkey may delay lifting Nato veto following desecration of holy book

The Independent UK

Inside ‘quasi-prison’ barge set to house 500 migrants - as we go on board for the first time

With bunk beds, metal fencing and cabins for six people, Lizzie Dearden reports from the controversial Bibby Stockholm

The Independent UK

3,000 asylum seekers ‘could be living on barge and ex-military sites by autumn’

It is unclear exactly when the Bibby Stockholm barge will start being used in Portland, Dorset, as the Government aims to slash hotel bills.

Al Jazeera

Swedish embassy in Iraq relocates after attack over Quran burning

Swedish telecoms company Ericsson also looking into reports that Iraq has suspended its work permits there.

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