Asylum centre on Ascension would be ‘logistical nightmare’, says island chief

Asylum centre on Ascension would be ‘logistical nightmare’, says island chief updated Patrick Maguire Wednesday September 30 2020, 12.00pm BST, The Times Priti Patel asked officials to look at the possibility of putting a processing centre on the South Atlantic island Priti Patel asked officials to look at the possibility of putting a processing centre on the South Atlantic island WILL OLIVER/EPA Moving asylum seekers 4,000 miles from the UK to Ascension Island would be a “logistical nightmare” and not well received by residents, a member of the island’s council has said. Alan Nicholls’s comments came after it was reported that Priti Patel, the home secretary, had ordered officials to explore “inhumane” plans to process asylum seekers on a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic. SPONSORED This is what companies could have done better during lockdown This is what companies could have done better during lockdown Design that lasts a lifetime Design that lasts a lifetime Mr Nicholls told Today on BBC Radio 4 that he only found out about the plan through a journalist. “Looking at cost and logistics, we are some 4,000-plus miles away from the UK, I would have thought it would be extremely expensive and a bit of a logistical nightmare to get asylum seekers here to Ascension because of the fact we

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