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.
