(Copenhagen Post) For many years the idea has remained in the realm of science fiction: sling all of society’s undesirables onto an island and let them sort it out. It was more or less the plot of “No Escape,” a really bad Ray Liotta film in 1994.
So it was no surprise to see Britain’s right-wing brigade — most notably the Telegraph, Sun and Daily Mail — jump on the story that Friday’s budget agreement includes plans for a deserted island to house convicted foreigners and rejected asylum-seekers.
“BANISHED! Denmark to send foreign criminals to live on a deserted island,” screamed the Sun headline — one of many to conveniently leave off the part about the rejected asylum-seekers.
