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.
2/ MORE.
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. universalcreditsuffer.com/2021/12/02/uk-…
“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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1/ @PalestineRCS have taken the unusual step of naming the patient who was in an ambulance struck by an IDF missile outside Al Shifa hospital in Gaza.
35-year-old Najwa Toutah being transferred to Egypt for treatment, but the ambulance had to turn around due a blocked road
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2/ The 5 Ambulance convoy consisted of 4 from the Hamas run Ministry of Health, and 1 from the Palestinian Red Crescent carrying the above named patient.
All were carrying patients to the Rafah crossing for treatment in Egypt, these patients need approval to cross.
3/ The PRCS state that upon turning around due to a blocked road, 1 MoH Ambulance was struck by a missile injuring the crew & patient.
It was on arrival to Al Shifa that their Ambulance was struck, killing 15 civilians in the vicinity and injuring at least 60.
.@SuellaBraverman MP [Sue-Ellen Fernandes] was suspended from the New York Bar on 7th October 2021 for ignoring repeated warnings to register for 6 years.
A court ruling said it amounted to "conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice" & "professional misconduct".
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It is indicated you may have breached sections 46(1) & 47(1) of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 by supplying your friends and/or family with prescribed antibiotics
It is only right you stand down from @DHSCgovuk to prevent bringing it into disrepute.
Furthermore, @trussliz should be proactive in asking for Ms Coffey's resignation to ensure confidence on government & their ability to uphold the law.
As would be fit, @CPhilpOfficial should be making a referral to @MetCC to ensure no offences have been committed by Ms Coffey
I ask @DHSCmedia to comment on whether they condone the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care potentially breaking the law by sharing her prescribed antibiotics with family and/or friends.
This is an extremely serious matter which must be addressed without delay.
NEW - BMW are to move the production of ALL electric Minis from their Cowley plant in Oxford, to China by 2024.
Internal combustion models for export will continue to be made in the UK.
BMW also decided the all new electric Countryman will be made in Leipzig not the UK.
.@jreynoldsMP Shadow Secretary for BIS on electric Mini production moving from the UK to China:
"The economic crisis made in Downing Street is sapping away business confidence and investment. British firms & workers are left paying the price for Conservative economic failure.
"Labour will back automotive manufacturers through an Industrial Strategy that will create 3 new giga factories by 2025.
"We will make electric vehicle ownership more affordable, by offering interest-free loans for new & used electric vehicles to those on low to middle incomes.