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Sunak sinks as refugee dies on the Bibby Stockholm
A view of the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge following the death of an asylum seeker on board, December 12, 2023
RISHI SUNAK is struggling to save his floundering premiership as the death of an asylum-seeker on the Bibby Stockholm barge today highlighted the human cost of Tory policy.
The death, believed to be a suicide, led to immediate calls for the barge to be shut down.
Since opening in the summer it has been at the centre of complaints about bad food and poor conditions.
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