it s lovely to see you again. brexit allowed the uk to take back control of, among other things, its borders. but this government has proved no more successful than its predecessors in stopping illegal migration. the problem even be getting worse. on a single day last week, 1185 people risky pedals crossing in small boats from france to the east coast of england. the mystery is how they get into the schengen zone in the first place eu countries between which you can travel without passport checks. with no effective means of stopping the exploitative trade in people smuggling, an australian style solution is now under consideration transferring them for processing to albania, on the other side of europe, and at no small expense. marc, how are the migrants who end up in and around calais in france thought to be getting there? it is very easy because, really, the point of the single market is free
correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences at home from the dateline london. this week, the business of people smuggling to europe, russia s gas powered foreign policy, and is being a british mp a full timejob? to discuss that, we are joined byjeffrey kofman, who has been a news anchor and foreign correspondent for broadcasters in his native canada and in the united states, mark roche, who writes for the french political and news weekly le point, and british political commentator steve richards, who is here in the studio. welcome to all of you. it s lovely to see you again. exit allowed the uk to take back control of, among other things, its borders. brexit. but this government has proved no more successful than its predecessors in stopping illegal migration. the problem even be getting worse. on a single day last week, 1185 people risky pedals crossing in small boats from france to the east coast of england. the mystery is how they get into the schengen zone in the f