NEW - Whitehall is being told to prepare plans for transferring Asylum Seekers by military transport planes to Ascension Island and/or The Falkland Islands.
Source: Senior Whitehall Civil Servant in FCDO.
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Discussions are ongoing with Angolan officials to explore the possibility of Asylum Seekers from the UK being 'hosted' in the South West African country. This is after Albania declined the UK proposal to house our asylum seekers.
Whitehall officials said to be in shock
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4/ Am told @FalklandsGov are "perplexed and opposed" to the plan from Downing Street to house asylum seekers from the UK there, but as it will be done via the UK Military, they have little choice as an Overseas Territory.
Their dependency on Westminster gives them little choice.
EXCLUSIVE - UK Plan to Fly Asylum Seekers to Falkland Islands and are in talks with Angolan Officials to host refugees seeking asylum in Britain.
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.@FalklandsGov response:
“The Falkland Islands Government has not received any approach concerning asylum seekers or offshore processing from the UK Government, so it's not a point that our officials are considering or speculating about.”
I have verified contact has been made.
NEW - The UK Government's asylum seeker overseas processing scheme is called.
Third-Country Asylum Partnership (TCAP).
A multi department meeting was held in Whitehall on Monday preparing final details.
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A FCDO spokesperson told me when I put TCAP to them:
"The government told us to keep all options on the table to deal with illegal migration, and that is our position on this."
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A source from Whitehall working on the scheme tells me, initial plans are to announce the overseas processing scheme TCAP the day prior to Parliament going into recess for Christmas.
Intense talks with Angola are still ongoing on details. *The Angolan government refused comment.
FYI to any journalist who covers this, this is an exclusive so please have the decency to cite me as I don't have a guaranteed income like yourselves.
The Third-Country Asylum Partnership goes against international law and is therefore a huge story.
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