Tony Blair considered sending asylum seekers to a camp on the Isle of Mull, documents reveal
Tony Blair considered sending asylum seekers to a camp on the Isle of Mull to drive down the number entering the UK, according to official papers which have been newly released by The National Archives under the 20-year rule.
The plan, put forward by the former PM’s top aide, was part of a “nuclear option” for tackling the asylum issue, which would have seen some illegal migrants put straight back on the plane they arrived on with little or no right of appeal.
Drawn up just , the scheme also called for the creation of a series of regional “safe havens” in countries
