Asylum seekers spent four days on board the Bibby Stockholm barge after Legionella bacteria was discovered, it has emerged.
Dorset Council says Home Office contractors were notified about the results last Monday – but all 39 migrants only left the controversial site on Friday as a “precautionary measure”.
Health secretary Steve Barclay was asked whether or not people should be put back on the Bibby Stockholm, he said: “Yes I do – it’s costing six million pounds a day in hotels – it is right that we’re using the barges.”
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