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The Telegraph has revealed that Leonard Farruku, 27, who paid €4,000 (£3,436) to cross the Channel in a small boat last summer, is suspected to have committed suicide in Bibby Stockholm after weeks of the Albanian asylum seeker complaining about his health. his mental
The day before he died, according to other migrants on the ferry, screams and banging on the wall of his cabin were heard. He was alive when the asylum seeker he shared his cabin with took off to go to the IT center on the barge. The staff discovered the body of the young Albanian immediately afterwards, writes The Telegraph.
His sister Jola Dushku, who lives in Lombardy, Italy, said she was shocked by the news, which she heard from relatives in the UK contacted by police investigating the death.
It is the second suicide after a 23-year-old man attempted the same in a hotel car park in Essex last month after hearing he was moving to Bibby Stockholm.
Farruk arrived in the UK on a small boat last August as part of a number of more than 12,000 Albanians across the Channel, a quarter of all crossings last year.
Born in the village of Manez, near the city of Durrës, his sister said he came to the UK in search of work and to secure a residence permit.
"He came to the UK with the dream of finding better work and, more importantly, getting permission to stay in the UK," said the sister.
She said they had lost both their parents, a loss that changed her brother. "Leonard became a different person when our mother died. Her death changed him," she said. She said he was determined to get a residence permit in England and so wanted to comply with all Home Office requirements."
"That's why he said: "Yes", when he was told that his new accommodation would be in Bibby Stockholm, where he also spent the last days of his life. I will only find peace when I find the truth of what happened that night in Bibby Stockholm,” she said.
A Home Office spokesman said, “This was a tragic incident and our thoughts go out to all those affected. The welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we take our responsibility for their welfare extremely seriously. This will now be investigated by the police and the coroner. It is only right that the facts and circumstances surrounding this death be established."
A letter signed by 65 humanitarian organisations, including Refugee Action, the Refugee Council and Care4Calais, and published by The Guardian urged the government to close Bibby Stockholm.
The signatories describe Bibby Stockholm as "tight, restrictive and isolated" and added that it was "not a place to accommodate people who have fled violence, persecution and torture".
Portland Mayor Carralyn Parkes said asylum seekers described conditions at Bibby Stockholm as "horrendous" with airport-style security, cramped quarters, bad food and fear of reprisals if they spoke out.
"Some people are more resilient than others, some people can cope, and some people can't. I think we should stop using facilities like Bibby Stockholm as a place to house human beings. It's totally inappropriate for that purpose," Parkes said.
Bibby Stockholm has the capacity to accommodate up to 500 single men in around 200 bedrooms.
The asylum seekers were first moved on board in August, but were evacuated days later after the discovery of Legionella, the potentially fatal bacteria known as Legionnaires' Disease.
The migrants returned to the barge about two months later and Home Office second secretary Simon Ridley told MPs in November that there were around 200 people on board. South Dorset MP Richard Drax described the news as a "tragedy born of an impossible situation".
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