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Legionella bacteria can cause serious lung disease that is fatal in 10% of cases

The bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease, was discovered in the water supply on board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge.

The Independent UK

Home Office appeals for extra staff to help with sharp rise in small boat arrivals

Predicted increase in crossings over next few days prompts plea for contractor staff at Manston asylum centre in Kent

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s barge for asylum seekers faces new setback as legionella bacteria found in water system - OLD

Britain is removing 39 asylum seekers from a barge moored in southern England after environmental samples showed legionella bacteria in the water system

The Independent UK

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Suella Braverman under pressure to scrap refugee barge plan after legionella found

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after bacteria which can cause serious lung infection found in water

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants moved off barge after legionella bacteria found

Asylum seekers were not told of bacteria in water system until after media reports broke

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants ‘moved off barge after legionella bacteria found’

Bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease said to have been found in water supply on board

The Independent UK

More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since 2018, Home Office confirms

The highest daily count for 2023 was reached on Thursday when 755 people crossed the Channel

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Channel crossings: 100,000 since 2018 and new daily record set for 2023

It comes weeks after sweeping asylum reforms became law and while the Government fends off legal challenges over its Rwanda deal and migrant housing.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

The Independent UK

Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100k since 2018’

Several migrants have been rescued from the English Channel as the number of people crossing on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years…

The National (Scotland)

Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100,000 since 2018’

The Home Office confirmed 17 individuals were rescued from the water who had gone overboard and said they were all recovered safely.

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid’s brother appointed boss of immigration enforcement

Bas Javid, a senior Metropolitan police officer, will take up the Home Office role in November

The Guardian - UK

Sajid Javid’s brother appointed new boss of Immigration Enforcement

Bas Javid is currently a Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Metropolitan Police.

The Independent UK

Timeline of the Channel migrant crisis

The Government started recording the number of people detected crossing the Channel to the UK in 2018.

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The National (Scotland)

Home Office 'Glasgow does not and will not support barge on Clyde'

Glasgow’s City Council leader has divulged further on what officials told the Home Office following their exploration of a “potential site”…

Evening Standard

Scores of delivery riders arrested in London this year amid clampdown on illegal workers

Campaigners and unions say delivery riders are at risk of modern slavery and racial profiling

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Workers ‘driven stir-crazy’ on cramped barge ‘not designed for living on’

Exclusive: Former gas worker says barge was used only to ‘eat and sleep’

The Guardian - UK

Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall

Policy that can’t work and laws written purely for campaign slogans are clear symptoms of a moribund regime, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Home Office 'wilfully' misrepresenting Scotland's refugee response, minister says

A SCOTTISH Government minister says the Home Office is “wilfully” misrepresenting its work on refugees ...

Evening Standard

Removal of murals for kids at Manston asylum centre cost £1,550

The Home Office spent more than £1,500 to remove murals of cartoon characters from an asylum centre that takes in children.

The National (Scotland)

'I lived on the Bibby Stockholm - it's NOT acceptable to house asylum seekers on it'

THE Bibby Stockholm barge will “feel like a prison” to the desperate asylum seekers fleeing war who are housed there, according to a man who…

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers have ‘right’ to challenge move to Bibby barge – charity

Care4Calais said it had ‘serious concerns’ about the wording of notices issued by the Home Office.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office threatens asylum seekers with homelessness for refusing to move onto barge

Government accused of targeting asylum seekers who have been unable to secure legal representation, as more people move on board

The Guardian - UK

Painting over murals for children at asylum centre cost Home Office £1,550

FoI request reveals cost of work at Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over

The Independent UK

Home Office spent £1,500 ‘redecorating’ migrant detention centre where children’s cartoons painted over

Cost revealed for works at previously ‘bright and cheerful’ Manston processing centre

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