"An asylum seeker who took his own life on the Bibby Stockholm barge would still be alive were it not for failures in his care by the Home Office and NHS mental health workers, his family has said. Leonard Farruku, 27, was found dead in December 2023 on the government's former accommodation vessel for migrants, which was moored at Portland Port, Dorset. An inquest heard evidence that he was suffering from poor mental health in the weeks before he was placed there in September 2023."
"We firmly believe that Leonard was severely mentally unwell between July and December 2023 and in need of urgent assessment and treatment. Instead of being helped by the English authorities, he was placed in the hostile and completely unsuitable environment of the barge. We believe that if Leonard had received proper assessment and treatment in August 2023, he would still be alive today. We miss him every day."
"Mr Farruku began to show troubling behaviour while staying in a migrants' hotel in Paignton, Devon, in July 2023, the inquest previously heard. He was aggressive, told hotel staff he could see "invisible things" and asked for his deceased father to be brought to his room, the sisters said. A mental health crisis team came to see him while he was out and did not make further visits, the hearing was told."
Leonard Farruku, 27, displayed troubling behaviour from July 2023 while staying in a migrants' hotel in Paignton, including aggression, reports of seeing "invisible things", and requests for his deceased father. A mental health crisis team visited once while he was absent and made no further visits. Torbay Council raised concerns about his health on the day he was transferred. He was placed on the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port in September 2023 and was found dead in December 2023. His sisters state he was not assessed, supported, or treated between July and December and believe proper assessment and treatment in August 2023 would have saved him.
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