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Bibby Stockholm: Migrant barge faces legal challenge over fire safety (www.bbc.co.uk)

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"In their letter to the Home Office, lawyers for the FBU cited media reports which said the Bibby Stockholm had only 222 single-occupancy rooms, but that additional beds had been placed in each in order to to increase the capacity to 506.

"Other reports said that, while the barge had three fire exits, one was not operational because it was at the end of a gangway that had been deemed too steep to be safely used.

"A whistleblower in the local authority is also quoted as telling the Times that fire checks in July had led to serious safety concerns and describing the barge as having the potential to become a "floating Grenfell"."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That math breakdown of cost is shocking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The home office have quoted £20k per day. Which when you look at it, this is clearly not the case. I could well imagine the £20k per day being the running costs only (staffing, energy and food).