Home Office says it 'does not recognise' claims Bibby Stockholm staff joked 'one less Muslim mouth...

For free, confidential help from Samaritans call 116 123 or visit samaritans.org The Home Office has said it 'does not recognise' claims that staff on the Bibby Stockholm barge joked there was 'one less Muslim mouth to feed' after an asylum seeker on board died.

A cleaner on the barge spoke at a meeting in Parliament and said she heard other staff 'talking about Leonard and laughing and joking 'Oh that is one less Muslim mouth to feed''. The discovery of dangerous bacteria led to its evacuation last summer just days after the arrival of the first asylum seekers, and it remained vacant for two months.

The ex-employee, who did not wish to give her surname, said she heard other staff 'talking about Leonard and laughing and joking"Oh that is one less Muslim mouth to feed".'She added: 'And I was starting to think: why put these people that have these views and prejudice in charge of looking after hundreds of men who have come here for safe haven?'

In testimony for the report, she said she was given a warning by a manager on December 12 last year after standing with two of the barge's residents on their break. 'There are rigorous safeguarding processes in place on the barge. Residents have access to health and social care services, including mental health support.The Home Office has now secured around 16,000 rental properties for asylum seekers

READ MORE - Inside the Bibby Stockholm: Migrant shares footage from barge praising the 'good food and beds' - but others complain the floating 'prison' with a pool room, gym and TVs in rooms is 'like Alcatraz' 'One day I was standing in the restaurant and I said the food was not good. The security staff said 'Keep your mouth shut and sit down'.'The Bibby Stockholm was accommodating just under half the number of migrants the Home Office expected would be the case at the end of that month.

His roommate Yusuf Deen Kargbo, from Sierra Leone, said others on board were struggling to cope due to the confined conditions on the barge.

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