Vessel is cramped, a fire risk and unsuitable accommodation for people suffering trauma, say charities

Ministers are being urged to close the Bibby Stockholm barge after an asylum seeker being housed on the vessel is believed to have killed himself.

Police are investigating the “sudden death” on the huge vessel in Portland, Dorset, which was leased by the former home secretary Suella Braverman to house recent arrivals to the UK.

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