Fire Brigades Union assistant general secretary Ben Selby comments on the news that migrants are being temporarily removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the water.
Selby said:
"The Fire Brigades Union warned the Home Secretary that forcibly holding migrants on this barge was a huge health and safety risk.
“We wrote to Suella Braverman more than a week ago to demand a meeting to discuss these issues. We have had no response that letter, and our fire safety and operational safety concerns remain.
"It remains our professional view that it's a potential death trap and an accident waiting to happen.
"However, Suella Braverman and her ministerial colleagues are hellbent on confining vulnerable people in jail like conditions on what is effectively a prison ship.
"This outbreak of Legionella suggests that it's only a matter of time before either lives are lost or there is serious harm to a detainee."
