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David Blunkett did propose an 'out of EU' asylum processing location around 2003 (Albania and Russia were suggested places) and he was rightly slapped down by the EU, by TUs and by the Labour left - but it was not the same idea that Priti Patel has announced. It was put forward (by one of the most authoritarian and right wing Labour Home Secretaries ever - I know from personal experience) as an entry point to the EU - a clearing house - not as a deportation site from the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/...es.immigration