Home Secretary Priti Patel ‘considering sending asylum seekers thousands of miles away to be processed’ – By Sky News Newsroom (SKY News) / Mar 18 2021
Reports suggest the government believes sending migrants to third countries for processing would comply human rights laws.
Asylum seekers could be sent to processing centres abroad under the home secretary’s plans to overhaul the immigration system, according to reports.
The British overseas territory of Gibraltar is a location under consideration by officials, according to The Times, as well as the Isle of Man and other islands off the British coast.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has vowed to stop migrants making the perilous journey across the English Channel and is expected to publish details of plans to overhaul the UK’s asylum and immigration system.
It is understood a white paper on proposals will be published in the “coming weeks”.
