Suella Braverman has been accused of attempting to distract from a failure to end the housing of Channel asylum seekers in hotels by trying to revive rejected plans to move them to a remote Atlantic island singharj reports
, meanwhile, said that housing asylum seekers on Ascension Island had been rejected previously by ministers as it would cost £1m per person sent there.“And that’s why when I was involved in the discussions, it was just thought to be impossibly expensive to do.”
However, one of those countries mentioned in reports – Ghana – in January 2022 categorically made clear it “has not engaged with the UK on any such plan and does not intend to consider any such operation in the future”. Around 20 asylum seekers meanwhile did not board the barge on Monday because their transfers were “cancelled” by lawyers, according to refugee charity Care4Calais.
“We are looking to that number over time — I don’t think we are aiming to do it by the weekend,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.in Lincolnshire have also been subject to legal challenges.
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