Ascension Seekers
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
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🗓️ 2 October 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the leaked reports that Priti Patel was considering sending asylum seekers to far-flung offshore detention centres, such as on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on the route forward for Labour in Scotland.
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| 1:54.4 | On this episode we talk about Pretty Patel's plans for offshore detention of asylum seekers |
| 2:00.7 | and you ask us what should labour strategy be in Scotland. |
| 2:04.7 | So today there are further stories about various potential home office plans to house asylum seekers offshore in different ways. |
| 2:22.0 | That sounds vague because the briefings are vague and they're all quite different from each other. |
| 2:27.0 | It's obviously a very sad story as well as being a quite bizarre one. |
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