PORTLAND, Oct 19 — Britain began returning asylum seekers to a barge on its southern coast today, two months after it was forced to remove them within a few days of boarding...
People, believed to be asylum seekers, arrive to be housed on the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port, Portland near Weymouth in Britain, October 19, 2023. — Reuters picPORTLAND, Oct 19 — Britain began returning asylum seekers to a barge on its southern coast today, two months after it was forced to remove them within a few days of boarding because Legionella bacteria was found in the vessel’s water supply.
The water contamination episode was an embarrassment for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has made cracking down on illegal migration a major priority ahead of a national election expected next year. As part of its plan to deter people from arriving illegally in Britain, the government is moving migrants on to disused military sites and barges like the grey, three-story Bibby Stockholm in Portland which can house around 500 people in more than 200 bedrooms.“The number of people on board will increase gradually with more arrivals in the coming days and months, as part of a carefully structured, phased approach,” a spokesperson from Britain’s interior ministry, the Home Office, said.
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