Refugees moved OFF BibbyStockholm barge..

It’s also been reported that the home office has told an asylum seeker with latent TB to board the barge. I have never known such an incompetent bunch as this government.

Previous governments have not had to deal with such a huge influx of illegal migrants, under scrutiny from those determined to raise objections to whatever they do.

£6 million a day.

Thank heavens it was found this early. i did a quick google, CvD66, and it seems the testing process can take a week or more. But, as you say, due diligence would suggest running samples through the process on a systematic and continual basis.

I would suggest that due diligence has been done, otherwise the Legionnaires bacteria would not have been found.

It takes 48-72 hours for test results

Heaven help us!
Another fine mess.

The ship in Granton harbour (north Edinburgh) which has been housing Ukrainian families for many months seems to be trouble free. Can lessons not be learned and "intelligence" shared?

I was on a bus with some of these Ukrainian people recently and they were laughing and chatting happily.

When things go right we don't hear about them. Have you noticed?

GrannyGravy13

I would suggest that due diligence has been done, otherwise the Legionnaires bacteria would not have been found.

Normally it’s done before a building is occupied though. It’s part of the commissioning process. I hope nobody is infected because Legionnaires is a horrible thing.

They tested the water supply ahead of putting people on board but didn't bother to wait for the results - which apparently came back on the 7th.

That’s bad, because that was the day the first asylum seekers went onboard. Something has definitely gone wrong.

It's those Lefty bacteria again!

And now the local Mayor is apparently calling them out regarding planning permission as it's hooked up to sewage, electric and water etc.

The government say they don't need planning permission (because of the water line?). We will see.

I hope whoever overlooked that the legionnaires test results hadn’t been received is held to account.

What a shambles

Whitewavemark2

What a shambles

It obviously hasn’t gone to plan.

Total total cock up by incompetent heartless government

BlueBelle

Total total cock up by incompetent heartless government

Heartless would be pushing the boats back.

Heartless would be leaving them to fend for themselves like the French do in and around its coast.

When the asylum seekers arrive in the U.K. they are given safe lodgings, food, medical and dental care and help with their applications.

They should have waited for test results before housing them on the Bibby.

The mayor is questioning planning permission because he and the locals do not want them their, are they heartless ?

Maybe, grannygravy but this is what she actually said:

There isn’t the infrastructure to care for them. We don’t have a hospital. We have a GP that covers up to about 14,000 people. Portland is cut off with one road on and one road off.

If the test results came back on the 7th , the Monday the first group of asylum seekers were put on the barge , then someone has had this information since then and hasn't acted on it .
It's no good Jenrick saying how good and safe the barge is ,is it ?
Someone must have known and supressed the information .

Can't find the words, honestly

westendgirl

If the test results came back on the 7th , the Monday the first group of asylum seekers were put on the barge , then someone has had this information since then and hasn't acted on it .
It's no good Jenrick saying how good and safe the barge is ,is it ?
Someone must have known and supressed the information .

Yes as I posted upthread whoever it is should be held to account

Surely the minister was informed and the Home Secretary.
A resigning matter if that is the case .

NotSpaghetti

Maybe, grannygravy but this is what she actually said:

^There isn’t the infrastructure to care for them. We don’t have a hospital. We have a GP that covers up to about 14,000 people. Portland is cut off with one road on and one road off.^

That could be said for most parts of the U.K. where refugees/asylum seekers are being held.

Particularly Wethersfield in Essex which is scheduled to have 1,700 young men by the autumn.

There is a tiny cottage hospital 5 miles away, in the middle of the countryside, little to no public transport.

There seems to be a trend of being welcoming to these unfortunate souls until they are located close by. The

Just wondering, Can we have our money back? £1.6 billion given away for a barge which isn't fit for purpose.

I don’t think the proximity of a hospital matters, young men are the lowest users of hospital services of all age groups and sexes, and many of us live a long way from our nearest general hospital, mine is 22 miles away, and for people living deeper into mid Wales it’s much further than that.
However, the GP issue is a really serious one, and will inevitably impact on all patients of the practices which are instructed to take on the additional workload. I can’t speak for England, but in Wales when services extra to the routine GP workload are required, they are commissioned as an additional service, with a specific budget, and practices are invited to submit tenders for the provision. This is done routinely for prisons, nursing homes, long stay mental health units etc. I would have thought that they should be doing something similar for all asylum seeker hotels etc.