Patel’s plans to process asylum seekers abroad facing Tory rebellion

Rebels not sure if they have enough support to defeat home secretary's clearly ridiculous' borders bill

Priti Patel's plans to process asylum seekers abroad are facing a Conservative rebellion next week, with MPs calling the proposal clearly ridiculous" ahead of a vote on the nationality and borders bill.

Amendments circulated among senior Tories include attempts to scupper government plans to set up offshoring centres and a proposal to instead create a global resettlement scheme to accept 10,000 people a year from war-torn regions.