![LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: Home Secretary Priti Patel observes a minute's silence inside the atrium at Scotland Yard on September 25, 2020 in London, England. A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a police officer at the Croydon Custody Centre in south London. He was shot by a 23-year-old man who was also treated for a gunshot wound. The officer died later in hospital. The death will be investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/R636TBEH3SIX2PBYLMM3GYST5E.jpg?smart=true&auth=bae8606ca0a7cb265d11035fd53a47931626199014422b128a4d59b9c4d2798d&width=400&height=225)
UK Home Secretary (interior minister) Priti Patel is known for taking a touch stance on immigration. WPA
UK Home Secretary (interior minister) Priti Patel is known for taking a touch stance on immigration. WPA
UK’s Priti Patel considered shipping asylum seekers to Ascension in South Atlantic
North Africa was also proposed as a location for screening migrants before they set off for the UK
Callum Paton
30 September, 2020