“27-Year-Old Albanian Asylum Seeker Identified as Victim on Bibby Stockholm Barge”

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An asylum seeker who tragically passed away on the Bibby Stockholm barge has been identified as a 27-year-old man from Albania, according to the PA news agency.

Dorset Police confirmed last Tuesday that a man had died on the accommodation vessel docked at Portland Port.

Home Secretary James Cleverly has pledged a full investigation into the sudden death.

It has now come to light that the deceased individual was Leonard Farruku from Albania.

The Daily Telegraph, the first news outlet to report his name, revealed that Farruku paid 4,000 euros to cross the English Channel in a small boat to reach the country.

His sister, Jola Dushku, 33, residing in Lombardy, Italy, shared with the newspaper: “When I last spoke with him, he informed me that the conditions on that boat were not bad, but they were treated by the guards like animals.

“According to our relatives who are in contact with the police, Leonard had some problems that night at 11 pm and was calmed down by a security guard.

“At 3 am, he was found dead. We do not have further details about the circumstances of his death.”

According to a letter from Home Office permanent secretary Sir Matthew Rycroft to MPs, the Bibby Stockholm contract amounted to £22,450,772.

This cost covered the “vessel accommodation services” portion of the contract with operators CTM.

Rycroft stated that an assessment of whether the vessel offered value for money was currently being updated.

The barge, the first of its kind used in government efforts to reduce the cost of asylum accommodation, has the capacity to house up to 500 single men in approximately 200 bedrooms.

“They have willfully ignored the trauma they are inflicting on people who are sent to the Bibby Stockholm, and the hundreds being accommodated in former military barracks,” said Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais.

Asylum seekers were initially relocated on board in August but were evacuated a few days later due to the presence of Legionella, a bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, in the water supply.

Migrants were brought back to the barge about two months later, and Home Office interim second permanent secretary Simon Ridley informed MPs in November that there were approximately 200 individuals on board.

The plan has faced significant opposition, leading to legal challenges and protests, with campaigners condemning it as cruel and inhumane.

Charities have criticized the conditions on board and called for an independent review, as well as an end to the use of such facilities for asylum accommodation.

Steve Smith, the chief executive of Care4Calais, urged the government to “take responsibility for this human tragedy,” emphasizing that they have ignored the emotional distress inflicted upon people sent to the Bibby Stockholm and those housed in former military barracks.