Bibby Stockholm barge: Asylum seeker removed from vessel on which Legionella was found says it is ‘endangering’ lives – By Dan Whitehead (Sky News) / Aug 14, 2023
The man tells Sky News he is “deeply sad” about being accommodated on the Bibby Stockholm barge in a harbour in Dorset, adding: “Why did they put us there?”
An asylum seeker taken off the Bibby Stockholm barge following the discovery of Legionella bacteria says the government is “endangering” migrants and treating them like “less than animals”.
The man, who we are not naming, spoke to Sky News outside the hotel he was moved to following the evacuation by the Home Office on Friday night.
He boarded the barge on Wednesday and said he is worried about falling ill after consuming the water onboard.
“We bathe with it, we drink it. We were told at 6pm on Friday,” he said.
