tonight at ten: gary lineker says he will keep speaking up for those with no voice, after criticism of his comments about the government s asylum plans. the match of the day host claimed the language used to describe the illegal migration bill was not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s . a former bbc editor says it s a difficult situation. clearly, this is damaging for the bbc. it undermines trust in the organisation and undermines its reputation for impartiality, but gary lineker can argue that, as a freelancer, he is entitled to say what he wants when he not broadcasting for the bbc. also on the programme: the new weight loss drug soon to be available on the nhs in england.
crossings this year has passed 25,000. you can see it is significant higher than in previous years, and data released today shows more than 37,500 asylum plans are made in september, the highest in years. the uk has pledged £a million for france to patrol its coastline and it recently offered to staff these shifts too. recently offered to staff these shifts too- recently offered to staff these shifts too. . ., ., shifts too. the french are doing these themselves, shifts too. the french are doing these themselves, we - shifts too. the french are doing these themselves, we have - shifts too. the french are doing - these themselves, we have offered financial support to do it. if it needs more people on the ground, we have made that offer. the needs more people on the ground, we have made that offer. have made that offer. the french say the deal will have made that offer. the french say the deal will not have made that offer. the french say the deal will not work. have made that
continuing to sort of have these words continuing to sort of have these words - continuing to sort of have these words you mentioned new later, they were words you mentioned new later, they were saying the almost exactly same they were saying the almost exactly same thing. labour. allthat meant same thing. labour. allthat meant was same thing. labour. allthat meant was borders got stricter and it s more meant was borders got stricter and it s more difficult to travel and there s it s more difficult to travel and there s more business for people smugglers. what these organisations are saying smugglers. what these organisations are saying is the solutions are right are saying is the solutions are right there and what you need to do is make right there and what you need to do is make those travel safer. what we re is make those travel safer. what we re seeing coming out of the government is that they are doubling down on government is that they are dou
dynamics of the border. not only the surge, but the capabilities that the department has. shannon: quickly, the other side will argue that with the administration is doing, a number of their asylum plans and immigration plans are tied up in court right now. and that s a process. the bill are to argue these conditions are not good. they are not good for kids, there is lasting damage. they are the adults, either. that it s preferable and more humane to let people go rather than keep them in facilities that are not, by their claims, sanitary. they are not safe, they are not comfortable. the detention space that ice operates, both for families and single adults, has very high standards. but it needs to be funded. it s not inexpensive. there has to be an allocation toward that capability so that we can have a secure border and have an immigration system that has integrity. that doesn t allow people to show up at the border and then claim that they need asylum, and be just release them.
asylum plans. what are you going to do? we ll see what happens. we were sending hundreds of millions of dollars to are you talking about guatemala and haondura honduras? we were sending hundreds of millions of dollars to guatemala and honduras. we re not going to send it anymore. we haven t been sending it for the last year. because they weren t doing anything for us. they were forming caravans and they were sending them up. in those caravans you had some very bad actors. you had some people that were not people that we want in our country. so i realized that when they in the middle of their city or towns when you form a caravan, if a government is at all a government, they don t have to allow that caravan to come up. so if they re not going to play ball, that s okay with me. we re not going to play ball with them. we don t give them any more money. they have been ripping us off for years. i m not a fan. so until they shape up now all of a sudden they came down supposedly with