(Pic ALAMY) There are other planes that land: at the moment the American planes still land and the MoD have a C17 once a month for their own people (Pic MoD) Ascension Island, home to around 800 ...

Asked on Sky News whether the multiple reports about the Ascension Island plan being revisited ... pull factor of illegal criminal gangs getting people to this country, basically abusing the ...

The idea of "offshoring" people is being looked at but finding ... The Financial Times says Ascension Island, more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) from the UK, was a suggested location.

More than 900 species of marine life are at risk, they reported. Ascension Island has a wealth of species native to the island that have been affected by plastic pollution, such as the land crab ...