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Suella Braverman condemned the situation where many arrivals come from safe countries, pass through France, and are rich enough to pay traffickers large sums.
frankly, successive conservative governments failed to get on top of the issue. so, what s the plan? well, we don t know the full thing yet, but so far it seems to be based on deterrence, saying to would be asylum seekers, if you come over on small boats, you won t be allowed into the country, you ll be deported and you ll be banned in the future. rishi sunak hopes that that will send a strong message, but will it work? labour say, no, that this isjust rehashed policies with some gimmicks as a headline. charities say that it could criminalisse genuine asylum seekers, and there is that question of if you do want to claim asylum, how do you do it? well, we re told we ll get those safe and legal routes, as the government calls them, after it s got control of borders. so that could be several years away. but for rishi sunak, this is an absolute test for his government. it s one that he has to get right, and he doesn t have long to do it. sir david normington is a former permanent secre
from the middle east, they have no idea of the foreign destination, and they don t choose that one. it s something that is chosen by the smugglers and not asylum seekers. joining me now is sir david normington who is a former permanent secretary of the home office. sir david, as we await the full plans when we hear them tomorrow. what are you hoping to hear? currently, it sounds like the onus would be on the deterrence of migrants rather than focusing on the gang masters. i migrants rather than focusing on the gang masters- gang masters. i think that is right and i think your gang masters. i think that is right and i think your introduction - gang masters. i think that is right and i think your introduction that l and i think your introduction that sums up the position clearly. what i am hoping to hear tomorrow is that there is some practical follow through to the legislation. you can pass all the legislation you want but it doesn t follow that people, on the other side of the child