PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak has defended the UK Government’s decision to accommodate migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge - despite deadly…
The first migrants were housed on the barge off the Dorset coast on Monday last week but were removed on Friday after traces of Legionella were found in the water supply.Sunak swerved a question about whether he was personally warned about potential health risks for asylum seekers on board the barge.
“It is about the unfairness, in fact, of British taxpayers forking out £5 million or £6 million a day to house illegal migrants in hotels up and down the country, with all the pressure that puts on local communities. It comes after health minister Will Quince had earlier suggested migrants could return to the barge within days, describing the Legionella scare as a “teething issue”.
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