Patel considered asylum centre on Atlantic island The government has considered building an asylum processing centre on a UK territory in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Financial Times says Ascension Island, more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) from the UK, was a suggested location
Bernard Sulluvan from Dorset Safe Passage said “I spent two weeks on Ascension Island. It is extremely inhospitable volcano-covered and lava-strewn island. One of the most isolated places on earth, occupied mainly by British and US military.
Its "Wideawake" airstrip is very long, used as an emergency landing strip for the space shuttle, and probable stopover for rendition flights. A huge area of satellite spy dishes monitor transatlantic comms. One tiny hotel called "The Obsidian". The thought of being incarcerated in such a place would be utterly soul destroying
Landscape like the moon with an isolated burial place for plague victims consigned to end their days in an isolated bay” ... See more
The idea of "offshoring" people claiming asylum is dependent on a suitable location, a source said.