directly back to france as a deterrent? reporter: well, i think the friend would say to that that that s not in in line with the kind of international treaties and agreements that are already in place. basically when a person applies for asylum, they re supposed to stay where they are until they their asylum claim can be evaluated. and the fact is the french, i think, would say that that wouldn t be the case if you were sending people back. they have suggested and this is something we ve heard from the french side that the british send asylum evaluators over to france and have the claims being evaluated in france. but they don t like the idea of this lack of sovereignty that they would have over the claims if they were simply, the british were simply turning back the asylum seekers when they arrive at great britain without processing them. that s the violation they would