hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. some migrants who cross the channel in small boats will be electronically tagged , under a i2 month pilot scheme in england and wales run by the home office. ministers say tagging will help maintain contact with asylum seekers who reach the uk by what they call dangerous routes. critics say people who have fled war and persecution should not be treated in the same way as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel. more than a thousand migrants brought to shore after being picked up at sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk and is part of the year long pilot scheme some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say there s a greater risk that migrants facing the movable of sand. launching the project, the home office says there has been an
a 12 month pilot scheme in england and wales run by the home office. ministers say tagging will help maintain contact with asylum seekers who reach the uk by what they call dangerous routes. critics say people who have fled war and persecution should not be treated in the same way as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up at sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk. and, as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say there s a greater risk that migrants facing removal will abscond. launching the project, the home office says, there has been an unprecedented growth in irregular migration. the pilot will test whether electronic monitoring will improve and maintain regular contact with asylum claimants who arriv
good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. it s saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12 month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls dangerous routes. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel, more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up the sea. the government
run by the home office. ministers say tagging will help maintain contact with asylum seekers who reach the uk by what they call dangerous routes. critics say people who have fled war and persecution should not be treated in the same way as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel. more than a thousand migrants brought to shore after being picked up at sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk, and as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say there s a greater risk that migrants facing removal will abscond. launching the project, the home office says, there has been an unprecedented growth in irregular migration. the pilot will test whether electronic monitoring can improve and maintain contact with asylum claimants who arrive in the uk via unnecessary and dangerous route
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