Asylum seekers spent four days on board barge after Legionella bacteria was discovered
Dorset Council's environment health team meet the barge's contractors"to further discuss results". The council said a Home Office official was"verbally informed of the test results".A small number of asylum seekers also arrive on the boat the same day.Dorset Council officers visit the barge again to take further samples and"concern about control measures" prompt it to alert the UKHSA.
The government said it was advised by the UKHSA to remove the six people who had boarded the barge that day. Dorset Council said it followed"the appropriate technical guidance throughout on what to do when a positive Legionella sample is received". Landry & Kling said it and its project partners"have followed all written recommendations made by Dorset Council Environmental Health".
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