Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show

Newly released files show proposals to divert 2m - earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa - to fund scheme

Tony Blair's government discussed diverting 2m earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa in order to fund a controversial pilot scheme to process and house asylum-seekers in Tanzania, newly released government files show.

Under the scheme, Britain would have offered Tanzania an extra 4m in aid if it opened an asylum camp to house people claiming to be Somalian refugees while their applications to live in Britain were assessed.