No 10 refused to rule out that the UK was considering proposals which would ship asylum seekers elsewhere to be processed - but said it was examining a range of methods used across the world. A similar system used in Australia has been slammed by human rights groups as inhumane. According to reports in the Financial Times, Priti Patel’s department is considering the move which has been branded “inhumane” by critics at home. But it was also dismissed on Wednesday as an unfeasible, “logistical nightmare” by a member of the Ascension Island Council, Alan Nicholls. That work is ongoing.”Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: “This ludicrous idea is inhumane, completely impractical and wildly expensive.

Source: Daily Mirror September 30, 2020 16:02 UTC