sexual orientation. there are lots of different reasons. it might be that it s a heterosexual person who thinks it s not the government s business to know what is happening in their private life. i think more likely though it is someone who is lgbt plus and has lived through a history of the government criminalising and allowing for or encouraging the systematic discrimination of lgbt people. so if you have lived through that and you live through a time when equal marriage wasn t possible, for example, you are probably less likely to trust the government with your own clear identity, so you mightjust say nothing rather than the wrong thing. one thing that was great about the census as they allowed for a right inbox where you could complete other and then write in your own sexual orientation, and the single most popular thing that wrote in this other category was pansexual. now, pansexualand pa nsexual. now, pa nsexual and bisexual are pansexual. now, pansexualand bisexual are terms tha
made available and might not be made available because it needs to be aggregate in order to not identify individuals. at the other time older individuals. at the other time older individuals are less likely to complete in the test for this question, there were less likely to complete the question. about 20% of older individuals did not complete or did not respond to the question on sex ed orientation. why might that be the case? i think there are lots of different reasons. it might be a heterosexual person who doesn t think it s the governments business. i think more likely it is someone who is lgbt plus and has lived through a history of the government criminalising and allowing for or encouraging the systematic discrimination of lgbt plus people. so, if you live through that and a time when equal marriage wasn t
above all, that we are working so hard to destroy the business model of the people smugglers. evil, organised criminals, who treat human beings as cargo. migrants from other dinghies have been brought ashore in dover during the course of the day. almost 16,000 have now crossed this year, despite the risks and the costs. those rescued today said they d paid people traffickers £5,000 for a place on a flimsy dinghy and the promise of a better life in britain. the sea, flat, calm, when they set off from the french coast in the early hours, but with a two metre swell in the middle of the channel. how do we stop people making these perilous journeys? there are opposing strategies. refugee agencies say the answer is to make it easier for asylum seekers to seek refuge in the uk, so they don t have to make the crossings in the first place. the government is intent on making it much more difficult, criminalising and swiftly deporting anyone who arrives by an irregular route.
it much more difficult, criminalising and swiftly deporting anyone who arrives by an irregular route. by adopting an approach, which is all about punishment and control, it doesn t stop the crossings. we need an approach, which is about compassion above control, and which recognises the reasons people have to flee. the owner of the fishing vessel, which first arrived on the scene, spoke of his pride at the crew s actions. horrific incident, but, you know, our guys there, we re proud that they did a cracking job, you know, rescuing 31 of those guys, yeah. it s just over a year since 27 people lost their lives in the channel, a tragedy that prompted both uk and french governments to say they were stepping up efforts to defeat the people smugglers. but since then, the criminal gangs have expanded their operations, while the desperation of those who would buy their services