Yvette Cooper under pressure to airlift Tamil asylum seekers to UK

Mass suicide attempt reported among ‘extremely vulnerable’ adults and children on British overseas territory

The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, is under mounting pressure to airlift a group of more than 60 Tamil asylum seekersfrom a remote Indian Ocean island to the UK.

The Tamils, a mix of single adults and children who are part of family units, have been stranded on Diego Garcia, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), since October 2021.