'The current soft system for protecting our borders only encourages desperate people to risk their lives,' | writes Jill Kirby
With the Government preparing to “take back control” of UK immigration policies, leaked plans to deter illegal migrants by threatening to process their asylum claims offshore were met with predictable uproar. Proposals being examined by the Home Office include setting up processing centres in British overseas territories, where migrants would be held pending their claims being assessed, or housing them in old cruise ships or decommissioned oil platforms off the coast of the UK.
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