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Matthew Garrahan
118d ago
NEW: Priti Patel asked the UK home office to explore sending asylum seekers to Ascension Island, a volcanic outcrop in the middle of the Atlantic. Mad scoop from @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster @SebastianEPayne
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💥 FT Exclusive: Priti Patel asked officials to explore the construction of an asylum processing centre on Ascension Island - a British overseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the UK in the south Atlantic, for migrants coming to Britain.
one of the maddest stories you’ll ever read on this website - via @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster et al
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There’s nasty, truly nasty, and ship-some-of-the-most-vulnerable-people-on-the-planet-4000-miles-away-to-the-South-Atlantic nasty.
I have no words left. None. “Priti Patel asked officials to explore the construction of an asylum processing centre on Ascension Island, a British overseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the UK in the south Atlantic, for migrants coming to Britain.”
"Priti Patel asked officials to explore the construction of an asylum processing centre on Ascension Island, a British territory 4,000 miles from the UK in the south Atlantic, for migrants coming to Britain".
How is this not parody??
Simpsons Britain: the ludicrous Priti Patel weighed shipping UK asylum seekers to Ascension and St Helena
Let me get this straight. @pritipatel wanted to ship asylum seekers to a remote island more than 4,000 miles from the U.K. in the south Atlantic.
Not sure how much lower this Gvt can stoop.
Completely heartless & inhumane.
The UK government is exploring the idea of building an asylum processing center for migrants on #AscensionIsland, >4,000 miles from the UK in the south Atlantic.
Me: Unending illegal migration is prompting some rather 'interesting' ideas, like this one.
