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   ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:03 JST ProjectFearlessness

   "In the U.K, an asylum seeker has reportedly died on the Bibby Stockholm barge, according to someone living on the boat, which the government has established as accommodation for migrants.
   A person onboard said the asylum seeker was found dead this morning.

   It comes as MPs prepare to debate another anti-immigration policy, the plan to send asylum seekers - some who may have been housed on the barge - thousands of miles away to Rwanda."

   #UKAsylumPolicy

   https://www.itv.com/news/2023-12-12/asylum-seeker-dies-on-bibby-stockholm-barge?

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:56 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     "My UK doctor has written to the Home Office to say the Bibby Stockholm is not a suitable place for me due to my Asperger’s, my back problem and my near drowning experience. When I got the letter telling me I was going to the barge I panicked. I would rather die on the street than go to the barge.”

     Yao Hui Charles Yeo,
     Singaporean Lawyer, Activist, Opposition Politician.
     Now a U.K. Asylum Seeker and potential Bibby Stockholm resident.

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

     https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/singapore-activist-due-for-bibby-stockholm-would-rather-die-on-street

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:57 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     "If you are putting people in places like the Bibby Stockholm, which is wholly unsuitable for housing people on a long-term basis, some of the responsibility obviously does lie with the government.

     "If you can shake your magic money tree and produce millions of pounds for a monstrosity like Bibby Stockholm, you can shake your magic money tree and use that money to invest in the asylum and immigration system."

     Carralyn Parkes,
     Mayor of Portland,
     U.K.

     #BibbyStockholm

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-67703736

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:57 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     A prominent human rights activist who has been warned that he may be moved to the Bibby Stockholm barge has said he would prefer to die on the streets than go there.

     Yao Hui Charles Yeo, 33 – a lawyer, activist and opposition politician in Singapore – claimed asylum in the UK after being persecuted and imprisoned in his home country. He has Aspergers, a degenerative disc condition, which causes back pain and suffers from trauma as a result of a previous near drowning incident.

     #BibbyStockholm

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:58 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     In the U.K., an asylum seeker living on the Bibby Stockholm barge said everyone was "furious" about the incident of a suspected suicide, even more so because management has failed to give any information on the situation.

     The man - who remained anonymous - said he and others came to the UK to be free.

     "But the reality is we are in the most restricted situation that any asylum seeker could face or experience in the world."

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

     https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/asylum-seeker-bibby-stockholm-furious-migrant-took-own-life/

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:58 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     In the U.K, while some rumours are circulating, the name of the asylum seeker who is thought to have committed suicide on the Bibby Stockholm has not yet been confirmed. It was earlier reported that he was a doctor from Cameroon, but this has been denied, and the media reports retracted.

     The police and the Home Office do know their identity, and the manner in which they died, yet they won't release that information.

     What kind of country is this?

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:58 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     "Mickael Essouma, the asylum seeker I named, was not the individual who sadly died.

     “I had been informed by many of the asylum seekers that he had been screaming for help, and that they were sure it was him (it’s now emerged he actually moved rooms).

     “If anything it just highlights how many people are really struggling emotionally on the Bibby Stockholm and how inappropriate it is that people are housed there!”

     Heather Joans,
     Portland Global Friendship Group,
     U.K.

     https://www.thenational.scot/news/23986298.doctor-cameroon-named-man-died-bibby-stockholm-barge/

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:59 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     “The message is loud and clear. These men should never be housed on a secluded boat off the coast, they are vulnerable and mentally damaged people who need our care.”

     Giovanna Lewis,
     Portland Councillor,
     U.K.

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

     https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bibby-stockholm-death-police-dorset-b2462697.html?s=09

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:46:59 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     "Those onboard the Bibby Stockholm brave enough to speak out have said they feel like “victims of a game” played by politicians. It is a game that has appalling human consequences. We should never forget that."

     Enver Solomon,
     Refugee Council,
     UK.

     #BibbyStockholm

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/life-lost-bibby-stockholm-politicians-asylum-seekers-deportation-rwanda

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:00 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     So many warnings.

     #BibbyStockholm

     https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/29/man-tries-kill-himself-move-bibby-stockholm#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17023951047697&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2F2023%2Foct%2F29%2Fman-tries-kill-himself-move-bibby-stockholm

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:00 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     Suicide on Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers barge in Portland, U.K.

     "This death has not come as a surprise to any of us. People taking their lives is a predictable result of the Home Office’s policy of putting people on the barge.

     The longer they keep us here, the more I can see everyone’s mental health deteriorating."

     "Resident"
     Bibby Stockholm,
     Portland,
     U.K.

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

     https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/12/asylum-seeker-onboard-bibby-stockholm-barge-dies

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:01 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     Flowers laid at the Bibby Stockholm in barge in memory of the asylum seeker found dead this morning in a suspected suicide in Portland, U.K.

     "So very sad that one of our friends from a distant land has died today. May you rest in peace.
     Portland Friendship Group."

     #BibbyStockholm

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:01 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     There were warnings.

     #BibbyStockholm

     https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/25/asylum-seekers-bibby-stockholm-conditions-suicide-attempt#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17023951047697&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2F2023%2Faug%2F25%2Fasylum-seekers-bibby-stockholm-conditions-suicide-attempt

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:02 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     In the U.K., the asylum seeker found dead on the Bibby Stockholm barge is now believed to be suicide.

     #UKAsylumPolicy
     #BibbyStockholm

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67692099

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:02 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     "The UK government must take responsibility for this human tragedy. They have wilfully ignored the trauma they are inflicting on people who are sent to the Bibby Stockholm.

     “This can no longer continue. Asylum seekers are human beings. It’s time our political leaders treated them as human beings, listened to the trauma they have experienced and offered them sanctuary. The government’s proxy war against refugees is costing lives.”

     Steve Smith,
     Care 4 Calais.

     #BibbyStockholm
     #UKAsylumPolicy

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     ProjectFearlessness (projectfearlessness@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:47:03 JST ProjectFearlessness

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     Asylum Seeker found dead on Bibby Stockholm barge, Portland, U.K.

     "We don't know cause of death yet, but we do know that every year people seeking asylum die in Home Office placements because of the damage caused to their mental health. Any MP voting for the Rwanda Bill today is voting to make this even worse."

     Daniel Sohege,
     U.K.

     #UKAsylumPolicy