Tories consider sending migrants 4,000 miles to Ascension Island if Rwanda plan fails Rishi Sunak’s government is reportedly considering sending migrants to Ascension Island, a remote British overseas territory located 4,000 miles away, in case the government’s policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda is deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court. Ascension Island, with a population […]
The Controversial Plan to Send Small Boat Arrivals to Ascension Island Introduction The UK government is considering plans to send people who enter the country on small boats to Ascension Island, a volcanic island in the south Atlantic. This idea, first suggested in Whitehall in 2020 at the request of the then Home Secretary, Priti […]