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The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, which will house up to 500 people
ASYLUM-SEEKERS could be back on the Bibby Stockholm barge in days after a health minister today described the discovery of Legionella in its water supply as a “teething issue.”
The Tories were branded “contemptible” after Will Quince played down the dangers of the potentially fatal bacteria.
Asylum-seekers had spent four days on the Bibby Stockholm before it was evacuated on Friday after it emerged tests had revealed Legionella.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said any deal must be at an EU level, with a leaked memo now suggesting such a pact is not being entertained by Brussels.
A government spokeswoman said: “We remain open to working with the EU to take forward negotiations on a UK-EU returns deal, as part of our international efforts to tackle illegal migration and to crack down on these exploitative gangs.”
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
