Britain has taken in 39 migrants on a ship off the English coast for the first time this week – now they would leave the accommodation again because of a pathogen. Legionella content was found in samples from the water supply network, requiring further investigation, the Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday. As a precaution, all migrants must disembark.
The government wants to house a total of up to 500 people on the ship Bibby Stockholm until a decision has been made about their asylum procedure. The first men arrived in the southern English city of Portland on Monday. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to solve a space problem in receiving migrants and avoid high hotel room costs.
Asylum accommodations are controversial
The cabinet intends to deploy more such inland vessels. The accommodation is controversial. The fire service union spoke of a possible fatal fall.
The Bibby Stockholm was last used as floating accommodation for oil workers. In the mid-1990s, she housed asylum seekers and homeless people in Hamburg. At that time it was designed for 200 prisoners.
Legionella can cause human illnesses ranging from flu-like symptoms to severe pneumonia. No one on board has symptoms, an interior ministry spokeswoman said. According to the PA news agency, refugee aid organization Care4Calais criticized that politicians must now recognize that the reception of refugees on barges is “unsustainable”.
Source: Krone
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