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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


It was promoted as Rishi Sunak’s “small boats week” – seven days when the government would hail progress on tacking Channel crossings.

Yet each day would bring another painful reminder that its asylum policy is in a mess with the grimmest news – fresh deaths as another boat has capsized – capping a sobering week.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was criticised for cheap point scoring after a piece in the Sun on Sunday in which he claims that Labour was using “every trick and tactic to delay and prevent us from removing people”.

Appearing to gloss over the fact that it is lawyers using UK law to protect clients, Jenrick provoked further ridicule by claiming the opposition were putting “two fingers up to the law-abiding majority who suffer from illegal migration”.

Chalk provoked mirth when stating he would be comfortable with severe punishment for immigration lawyers after the government said they could face life in jail.

Fresh humiliation for the Home Office with the Bibby Stockholm barge entirely evacuated amid fears of Legionella in the on-board water system.


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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Man, that was a hard read.