Home Secretary Priti Patel
REFUGEE charities have branded plans considered by Priti Patel to “offshore” vulnerable asylum seekers to islands 4,000 miles from Britain “inhumane” and “ludicrous.”
The Home Secretary came under fire today after it was revealed that she had flirted with the idea of building an asylum centre on Ascension Island, a British territory in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Financial Times reported that the idea was dropped after the Foreign Office was consulted on the plan and decided not to proceed.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
