The UK plan to send asylum seekers to special centres outside the European Union has been watered down by other member states, claiming that this would be the "end of asylum", reports the Financial Times.
The UK wanted to create special "transit camps" outside the country, but member states like Germany and Sweden launched a fierce attack on the plan, saying this would break the Geneva Convention on Refugees.
Still, Britain hopes to find backing for the idea to establish "zones of...
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