Asylum seekers have started returning to the barge moored off the south coast of England, more than two months after it had to be evacuated following the discovery of legionella bacteria in the water supply
Asylum seekers started returning Thursday to the barge moored off the south coast of England, more than two months after it had to be evacuated following the discovery of legionella bacteria, which can cause serious illness, in the water supply. As a coach arrived carrying the first group of asylum seekers to return to the Bibby Stockholm, protesters gathered at the gates of Portland Port, which is around 140 miles southwest of London, to decry what they view as the “inhumane” conditions aboard.
It was an embarrassing turn of events for the governing Conservative Party, which is taking a hard-line approach to asylum-seekers. The disease warning was the latest setback for its much-publicized plan to move asylum seekers onto the barge from more costly hotel accommodation around the country.
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