Police board the Bibby Stockholm before evacuating 39 migrants from a barge last week. Credit: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Heads The Home Office will be «playing around» to house asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge before legionella test results are known, according to Border Patrol insiders.
Swella Braverman, Home Secretary, and Robert Jenrick, Immigration Minister, were assured that all relevant tests and checks were carried out before the go-ahead was given to bring people to the barge in Portland, Dorset, 10 days ago.
What they didn't know, however, was that there were outstanding Legionella test results that came back positive when they were reported to the barge contractors, CTM and Landry & King, Representatives of the Dorset Environmental Health Council, Monday 7 August.It was the same day that the first migrants boarded the Bibby Stockholm, but it wasn't until Friday night — four days later — that 39 asylum seekers were evacuated after ministers ordered their removal on the advice of the UK Health Agency (UKHSA). .
«I don't understand why they wear them. I suspect someone in the Home Office would be happy about the high jump. Heads will roll,” said a border guard insider.
“You should by no means authorize anyone to go there unless you were absolutely sure that going to all fronts was green. Someone somewhere decided to take a chance. If this decision was made by an official, then the official will be for the high jump.
“This is such a big blow to the teeth for the ministers that they had to recommend a delay, whether it be two, three or four weeks.”< /p>
Ministers have ordered an internal investigation into the barge disaster. It is clear that the decision to allow migrants on board, despite the outstanding test results, was an operational decision made not by ministers, but by officials of the Ministry of the Interior.
One government source suggested that officials may also have been kept in the dark by the contractors barges that test results are yet to come. However, the Home Office declined to confirm if this was the case.
The 500-person Bibby Stockholm is a key part of the government's plans to cut £6m a day. the cost of accommodation of migrants in hotels.
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