"In their letter to the Home Office, lawyers for the FBU cited media reports which said the Bibby Stockholm had only 222 single-occupancy rooms, but that additional beds had been placed in each in order to to increase the capacity to 506.
"Other reports said that, while the barge had three fire exits, one was not operational because it was at the end of a gangway that had been deemed too steep to be safely used.
“A whistleblower in the local authority is also quoted as telling the Times that fire checks in July had led to serious safety concerns and describing the barge as having the potential to become a “floating Grenfell”.”
This barge is a shit solution dreamed up by crooks who are happy to control the media spotlight. They are ripping the country off with one hand while while pointing fingers with the other at a migrant problem that is theirs to solve.
How’s it a shit solution? It held workers on it previously? Tories are desperate to make an aussie style immigration island.
It held 200 workers and they ditched it because of complaints. Braverman wants to house 500 people in there. This places huge obstacles with hygiene, cooking, fire safety and creates a very oppressive living area.
The three barges have been leased for £1.6b for two years in a very unscrupulous contract. This equates to each person costing £1,066,666 each to house (£533,333 each year). This does not include running costs. This does not include legal fees incurred because of the obvious challenges against the use of the boat. This cost obviously rises if it houses less than the 500 stated.
As for the Australian system. Take some time to read upon that. Or better still look at how much the Australian system cost.:
How can you possibly think this is a good solution?
That math breakdown of cost is shocking
The home office have quoted £20k per day. Which when you look at it, this is clearly not the case. I could well imagine the £20k per day being the running costs only (staffing, energy and food).
It is being overcrowded and deadly illnesses are knowingly harboured in its systems. It’s a pisstake. Someone is getting paid big money to ‘house’ a truly insignificant number of migrants. Thousands arrive and the media is having us argue over accommodation for a handful. As always, this government is happy to have us focus on a problem of their own creation so we don’t clock their far larger fuckery and corruption.