Patel's offshore asylum idea 'immoral and inhumane'
Plan to ship refugees to volcanic island is a deep low for Home Office, charities say
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.
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