one of the maddest stories you’ll ever read on this website - via @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster et al
ft.com/content/ff1dc1…
this is where Priti Patel wanted to process asylum applications
vaguely reminiscent of the French penal colonies in Papillon
I suspect @johnmcternan might be right that this was inspired by Australia using Christmas Island as a detention centre...involving a rather smaller distance
twist via @alexwickham email:
“Patel allies tell Playbook that while she asked officials to see how the government could learn from other countries’ offshoring policies, following talks with former Aussie PM Tony Abbott, it was Foreign Office that came up with Ascension Island.”
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