Ascension Island — Touching down here feels like landing on Mars. Clay-colored lava rocks form football field-sized craters visible from my airplane window. Residences near the airfield are low-slung, ...
As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – a remote ...
Asylum seekers who enter the UK illegally could one day be sent for processing to one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. Despite being more than 4,000 miles from the UK, migrants could be ...