Coroner asks Home Office for statement on man’s death on Bibby Stockholm Coroner gives department six weeks to respond as inquest opens into death of Leonard Farruku on barge The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023
Bibby Stockholm: Albanian asylum seeker died from ‘compression of the neck’ Leonard Farruku was found unresponsive aboard the accommodation vessel at Portland Port. Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023
Bibby Stockholm Barge Suicide Victim Identified As Albanian National Asylum seekers are speaking out against the Bibby Stockholm Barge after a series of suicides, revealing that "the boat is like a prison". International Business Times UK · Dec 20, 2023
Inquest to be held into death of asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm AN inquest is to be opened into the death of an asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge. The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2023
Inquest to be held into death of asylum seeker who died on board Bibby Stockholm Dorset Police confirmed that a man had died aboard the accommodation vessel, based at Portland Port, on December 12 Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023
Vintage Ikea furnishings fetch £32,000 at auction in Stockholm Furniture and homewares from the 1950s to 90s are coming to be recognised as collectors’ items The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023
At Stockholm Auction, Vintage Ikea Goes High-end At a chic Stockholm auction house, 122 carefully-curated items with unusual provenance went under the hammer on Monday evening: vintage furnishings from flatpack furniture retailer Ikea was sold for a total of 37,000 euros ($40,000). International Business Times · Dec 19, 2023
Appeal Verdict Due In Ex-Iran Official's Trial In Sweden A Swedish appeals court will announce on Tuesday its verdict in the trial of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence in a lower court for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. International Business Times · Dec 19, 2023
Man who died on Bibby Stockholm named as 27-year-old from Albania AN asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge has been identified as a 27-year-old man from Albania. The National (Scotland) · Dec 18, 2023
Albanian asylum seeker who died on Bibby Stockholm treated ‘like an animal’, says sister Body of Leonard Farruku, 27, discovered on board barge last week The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023
Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who died in suspected suicide is named Other refugees onboard say Albanian national Leonard Farruku appeared to be in distress before he died The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023
Bibby Stockholm barge must be closed immediately Letter: The barge is no place to accommodate people who have fled violence, persecution and torture, say campaigners and MPs The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023
More than 60 charities demand closure of Bibby Stockholm barge MPs and charities say asylum seekers paying ‘appalling price’ in week of suspected suicide onboard The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023
Growing despair of asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm over living conditions Concerns raised over security, food and lack of information after resident’s suicide as cost of vessel revealed to be more than £22m The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023 Singapore activist due for Bibby Stockholm ‘would rather die on street’ Yao Hui Charles Yeo, a lawyer and opposition politician, fears for health after recent death on barge
Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023 Bibby Stockholm barge costs taxpayers £22m amid calls for asylum seekers to be rehomed following death The cost of housing migrants on the barge is revealed as the Home Office is under pressure to find alternatives
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023 ‘A moment when politics doesn’t matter’: Portland responds to Bibby Stockholm death Steady trickle of Dorset residents stop to leave a card or flowers and pay their respects
The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2023 Support workers apologise after misnaming man who died on board Bibby Stockholm SUPPORT workers have apologised after misnaming the person who died on board the Bibby Stockholm barge.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023 Calls grow for Bibby Stockholm barge to close after apparent suicide of resident Vessel is cramped, a fire risk and unsuitable accommodation for people suffering trauma, say charities
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023 Rwanda bill has Tories outcompeting each other to new levels of insanity Not even the death of an asylum seeker on the Bibby Stockholm can rein in MPs’ fervour to trample over the international law
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023 A life is lost aboard the Bibby Stockholm. Do these posturing politicians even care? Threatening asylum seekers with deportation to Rwanda is no deterrent - it just makes life harder for already vulnerable people, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023 Asylum seeker on Bibby Stockholm ‘heard screaming and shouting’ night before his body was found Police are investigating the death of the man on board the Bibby Stockholm vessel in Dorset
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023 Swedish authorities say 5 people died when a construction elevator crashed to the ground Swedish authorities say all five people inside a construction site elevator were killed when it plunged to the ground in Stockholm
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023 Rwanda bill – live: Sunak wins vote despite rightwing Tory rebellion MPs approve Safety of Rwanda Bill at second reading by 313 votes to 269, majority 44
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023 Asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm dies The first asylum seekers were brought back to the giant vessel, moored in Portland, Dorset, in October, some two months after it was evacuated.