hello, welcome to the programme. a0 migrants who crossed the english channel were brought ashore by the dover lifeboat this morning. so far, just short of 3000 people have crossed in the first two months of this year. that s twice as many as the equivalent period last year. the prime minister says stopping these boats is one of his top five priorities. tomorrow, we ll see how he proposes to do it. his new policy, that s been heavily trailed, suggests that going forward migrants who cross this way will be removed and banned from future re entry and automatically their application for british citizenship will be rejected. we will talk about what is proposed in a second, but let s first hear from someone farzad. he arrived by small boat in 2019, fleeing persecution in iran. he was granted asylum a year ago. he s been speaking to bbc radio 4. now, farzad, if you were in france, where presumably you were safe, and you heard that it was the law in the uk that if you arrived on a bo
down primary legislation in any country so if icap country passes a law saying this is what we want to do, that specific law will not be contradicted in strasbourg. not to say it will be challenges probably will be an even the act of challenging it could delay any deportations for months, but i think that the prime minister will be in the clear illegally but whether he s got anything like the deterrent effect which he wants is a very open question and where he is going to find these countries to take tens of thousands of arrivals is an even more open question. is thousands of arrivals is an even more open question. more open question. is an international more open question. is an international issue, - more open question. is an international issue, this, | more open question. is an i international issue, this, and more open question. is an - international issue, this, and of course america has been relying on title 42 which donald trump brought in during the pandemic to some people a
what you asylum is an act of desperation. and what you have not heard from your earlier what you have not heard from your earlier guest or frazier or anyone else or earlier guest or frazier or anyone else or anyone here in the us is fixing else or anyone here in the us is fixing the else or anyone here in the us is fixing the immigration system. it should fixing the immigration system. it should not take years, let alone months. should not take years, let alone months, to go to this process and it is so months, to go to this process and it is so broken months, to go to this process and it is so broken and often times politically, especially with conservatives, they are more than happy conservatives, they are more than happy to conservatives, they are more than happy to undermine that process and then use happy to undermine that process and then use it happy to undermine that process and then use it as a political weapon to point then use it as a political weapon