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Legionella on the Bibby Stockholm barge: five questions for Home Office

Many issues remain to be resolved after asylum seekers were evacuated on Friday because of a potentially deadly bacteria

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults

Editorial: Chaos surrounding the discovery of legionella on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge reveals a policy that is at sea

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Timeline of government chaos over controversial migrant barge

Row erupts over response to discovery of Legionella bacteria on barge as asylum seekers evacuated just days after boarding vessel

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Lessons may be learned after Legionella detection on asylum seeker barge – No 10

The Government is standing by the use of barges to house migrants, amid a blame game about the response to the situation on the Bibby Stockholm.

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: ‘Small boats week’ marked by tragedy and farce

The Government’s ‘small boats week’ descended into farce on Friday, as asylum seekers were taken off the Bibby Stockholm barge after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the onboard water system.

Evening Standard

Government has no timetable for returning asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge – as it happened

Downing Street says it hopes to return people to the boat ‘as soon as possible’ but declines to give timeframe

The Guardian - UK

Health Secretary defends action over Legionella-hit asylum seeker barge

Traces of Legionella were found on the Bibby Stockholm, leading to the removal of all the asylum seekers on board.

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Ministers ‘only told of Bibby Stockholm legionella three days after test results’

Health secretary says he does not know if Dorset council informed Home Office officials about presence on barge earlier

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Health secretary claims asylum seekers was cleared as soon as ministers knew of Legionella

Government facing questions after council claims officials told of bacteria four days before asylum claimants moved

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm legionella cleanup could take a week, says expert

Asylum seekers were evacuated from vessel after detection of bacteria that can cause legionnaires’ disease

The Guardian - UK

Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco

Government has ‘no problem’ hiring more vessels, says minister as pressure grows on PM to tackle small boats after Channel deaths

The Independent UK

How the ‘small boats week’ unravelled

First asylum seekers were forced on to the Bibby Stockholm barge – then they were taken off when Legionella was detected

The Guardian - UK

Ministers must say what was known of legionella on Bibby Stockholm, says Labour

Labour writes to immigration minister while David Davis derides ‘startling incompetence’ of Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office facing pressure over ‘incompetent’ migrant barge plan

The Home Office said all 39 of those on board had been disembarked as a “precautionary measure”

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The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office under fresh scrutiny over migrant barge ‘incompetence’

Six asylum seekers moved onto barge despite initial results indicating bacteria was present

The Independent UK

Home Office faces mounting questions over ‘incompetent’ Bibby Stockholm transfer

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock wrote to his opposite number demanding answers to a series of questions about the barge.

The Independent UK

All 39 asylum seekers off Bibby Stockholm after Legionella found in water supply

All 39 of those who arrived on the vessel, docked in Portland Port in Dorset, this week have disembarked as a ‘precautionary measure’.

The Independent UK

Migrants on Bibby Stockholm ‘fear for health’ after drinking water on barge amid Legionnaires’ scare

‘One of them was really concerned because he had just drunk a glass of water and he was asking me if he was going to be OK,’ a support worker said

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The Independent UK

Government’s ‘small boats week’ ends in humiliation as barge evacuated over legionnaires’ disease fears

Migrants forced to disembark from ‘Bibby Stockholm’ just days after arriving on board

The Guardian - UK

What is legionella and what damage can it cause?

We look at the health hazard of the bacteria discovered on the Bibby Stockholm barge and who is most at risk

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after Legionella bacteria found - OLD

No migrants have fallen sick or developed Legionnaires’ disease.

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

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