UK considers offshore asylum camps: report

BRITAIN could be about to follow Australia's lead by processing asylum seekers in offshore desert camps.

Under a Tory plan to cut the number of unauthorised arrivals, "processing centres" would be set up in African countries to house people while their cases are examined, British tabloid The Sun reports.

A group of conservative MPs wants Britain to pay countries such as Kenya to host the camps.

The plan is included in a report by the Conservative Way Forward group.

Report author Julian Brazier says population growth is putting a strain on UK infrastructure.

"Overcrowding in turn holds back economic growth, reduces quality of life and puts heavy pressure on government spending," The Sun reports the Tory MP saying.

The conservative party has increasingly appealed to voters' perceived prejudices on immigration since Lynton Crosby was put back in charge of the Tory election campaign.

The Australian strategist is referred to as the Wizard of Oz in the British press after he helped former Liberal prime minister John Howard win four consecutive terms.

UK tabloid The Mail on Sunday reported this weekend the architect of British Prime Minister David Cameron's pro-gay marriage policy, Andrew Cooper, is to quit following a power battle with Mr Crosby.

The paper stated Mr Cooper was usurped by the Australian "fixer" who "specialises in 'dog whistle' tactics".

Australia currently sends boat arrivals to the Pacific island of Nauru or Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to be housed in camps while their asylum claims are processed.

The Labor government policy is based on the Howard-era Pacific Solution.

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