A Tory minister has been accused of playing "nastiness Olympics" to win over the right-wing press with plans to lock up refugees who arrive in small boats.
Health Minister Helen Whately was savaged by fellow Question Time panel members over "morally indefensible" proposals to detain migrants in military bases and "prison" barges.
Journalist Ash Sarkar challenged the Tory MP on the Illegal Migration Bill and how it could lead to pregnant victims of persecution and war and rape giving birth "in what is effectively a glorified camp or prison".
