to the asylum system. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is here. iam assuming i am assuming it is the navy, the channel, what are they going to be doing? channel, what are they going to be doinu ? ~ . channel, what are they going to be doinu ? . ., ., channel, what are they going to be doinu ? ~ ., ., ,, ., channel, what are they going to be doin. ? . ., ., e' ., , channel, what are they going to be doinr? ~ ., ., ,, ., , ., ., doing? what we do know is that a rear admiral, _ doing? what we do know is that a rear admiral, mike _ doing? what we do know is that a rear admiral, mike arkley, i doing? what we do know is that a rear admiral, mike arkley, has i doing? what we do know is that a i rear admiral, mike arkley, has been asked to look at what the ministry of defence, the armed forces might do to help the home office. i think what they will do is coordinate activities, what is called command and control. they have skills in that, so bringing together agencies involved like the home office, the border force, the coast guard and then we are not clear as to what assets they might bring, whether they would actually put ships on the channel, for example, whether they may use some of the army's drones, some of the raf�*s observation aircraft that have been used in the past at key points, high of migrants crossing over the summer months. so the armed forces have been used in the armed forces have been used in the past, but is it going to be a bigger role for them, essentially, and as far as the ministry of defence are saying, they are saying the government is exploring every