Ascension had been looked at as a possible asylum centre
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Ascension had been looked at as a possible asylum centre
You couldn't make it up. Still, they could have used the returned A330's to transport them..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54349796
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54349796
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
You couldn't make it up. Still, they could have used the returned A330's to transport them..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54349796
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54349796
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Originally Posted by Martin the Martian
Why not go the whole hog and send them to the Falklands? I'm sure Priti would like the thought of building immigration centres adjacent to the uncleared minefields.
is that the answer, lay mines along the Kent coast? 
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It seems to be standard practice to include one or two obvious non-starters in most studies, and I strongly suspect that this may have been why Ascension was put in. Sometimes obvious no hope candidate solutions are thrown into the mix to make the chosen outcome look more favourable, but often there seems to be a degree of fear in some departments that if they don't include the clearly barking mad options they will be accused of not being sufficiently inclusive or courageous in their considerations.
There were rumours that the "include everything out of fear" procedure was almost standard practice when Theresa May was Home Secretary. Amongst her Civil Servants there seemed to be a view that she was both bloody difficult to work for and overly obsessed with detail, to the point where she was reputed to miss seeing the whole picture. It seems possible that she may have initiated a policy of including every possible option in any study conducted by her department, and also seems equally possible that that practice has now become habitual within the Home Office.
There were rumours that the "include everything out of fear" procedure was almost standard practice when Theresa May was Home Secretary. Amongst her Civil Servants there seemed to be a view that she was both bloody difficult to work for and overly obsessed with detail, to the point where she was reputed to miss seeing the whole picture. It seems possible that she may have initiated a policy of including every possible option in any study conducted by her department, and also seems equally possible that that practice has now become habitual within the Home Office.
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Originally Posted by Torquetalk
It would once have had to be Argentinian to be given back...
No mention of Diego Garcia in this document, I notice. I wonder why...?
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Originally Posted by barry lloyd
And the Bennies - sorry Falklanders
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Originally Posted by Harley Quinn
It was a study. The study concluded it wasn't practical. The idea was binned. What's the issue?
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Originally Posted by Ancient Observer
Didn't the Aussies do something broadly equivalent?
They no longer have the Boat problems that they used to have....................
They no longer have the Boat problems that they used to have....................
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Originally Posted by Torquetalk
No, not on home land. Children and adults self-harming and killing themselves out of desperation is much less embarrassing.
Is it that bad on the Faroe Islands?
