The support worker met with the Albanian and said he could appeal against the placement.

“He didn’t really say anything. He was angry and sad,” Mr Rangasamy recalled.

On the day of his transfer, Mr Farruku reportedly “point blank” refused to leave the hotel, Mr Rangasamy said.

However, he was told a hotel supervisor “tricked” Mr Farruku into getting into a car, promising that he was going to Swindon.

The witness told the court he reported the alleged deception to Torbay Council.

However, he did not pursue his own concerns about Mr Farruku’s well-being.

Mr Rangasamy said he could not find a way to contact barge managers and did not approach other authorities, even though migrants on the barge had told him the Albanian’s mood had “significantly changed” and he was having “outbursts”.