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

submitted 1 year ago by JoBo to c/uk_politics

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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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[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's usually the case but with this and the Rwanda proposal I think they're doing it because their voters enjoy the optics and indignity of migrants being treated as sub human.

[–] Mex 2 points 1 year ago

and making money is just a bonus?

[–] Syldon 2 points 1 year ago

Where hundreds of millions of pounds are concerned, there is more than just optics.