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Gangs have been targeted in crime agencies have had success, targeting those gangs, because this is such a lucrative trade, other people are quick to move into the market knowing they can make a lot of money doing this. it sjust knowing they can make a lot of money doing this. it s just another example of how intractable this problem seems to be.- example of how intractable this problem seems to be. thank you very much. i m joined now by peter walsh. he s a senior researcher at the migration 0bservatory and departmental lecturer in migration studies at the university of oxford. as simon was reflecting, this has been an intractable problem for government for some time now, and there are two key issues here for there are two key issues here for the government with this proposal, detaining people and then deporting them. so, your thoughts on the practical application of those aspects of this law? and can they be made to work from the government perspective? it is made to work from the gov ....
That s according to government figures. that s up from around 300 in 2018. more on this from the migration 0bservatory a thinktank here in the uk. it s very difficult to see how. i mean, the uk detention state at the moment has a calf wristed capacity for 2500 individuals. well, last year, we saw around 45,000 people entered by small boat. so, clearly, that would have to be substantially upscaled to be able to detain people in those numbers. i think they would have to be detained because they are being threatened with deportation. it wouldn t be sufficient to house them in hotels or local communities because there would be a high risk of absconding. the plan also relies on the co operation of the uk s neighbours particularly france. jean paul mulot is a councillor for the hauts de france region , which includes the port of calais. what i hope is that the british pm and emmanuel macron will take the measure of the problem ....
Last year the uk struck a deal to deport asylum seeker to rwanda, but so far not a single migrant has been sent. legal challenges have delayed the scheme until 2024 at the earliest. here s peter william walsh from oxford university s migration 0bservatory. 20,000 people have been considered to be barred from applying for asylum, but the big challenge is, only 20 have only been removed to safe eu countries. so, the big challenge here is, actually, where is the uk going to send tens of thousands of individuals? the rwanda policy isn t up yet. to do that we would need bilateral agreements with eu countries, and, so far, there is precious little evidence that we have developed those agreements so far. and then there s the impact these new laws would have on migrants. here s the perspective of one asylum seeker who spoke to the bbc. asylum seekers, especially ....
People make the journey. is fine, at the weekend, we saw 1500 people make thejourney. for the government, who wants to take back control of the border and solve the immigration problem, having to rely largely on the weather isn t a good look. ., ,, ., ., , ., look. no. simon with the latest from dover, look. no. simon with the latest from dover. thank look. no. simon with the latest from dover, thank you. for more analysis on this story, i mjoined by madeleine sumption who is the director of the migration 0bservatory at the university of oxford an independent centre providing analysis of data on migration and migrants in the uk. 0ne one of the government s lines of defence is that they hadn t been prepared or expected this number of people coming across in small boats. and that s why they are not prepared. but surely the root of this problem isjust trying prepared. but surely the root of this problem is just trying to prevent crossings in the first place. i prevent crossings in t ....
Conditions. there are not proper beds, people are sleeping on benches in some of the marquees and generally it is very uncomfortable, and particularly in the tent that is given over to families where as you can imagine the noise levels during the night i suspect are extremely high. joining me now is deputy director of the migration 0bservatory at the university of oxford. he can tell us more about the level of migration that is going on. the government is trying to make the case that it is exceptionally and perhaps unexpectedly high, would you agree? it perhaps unexpectedly high, would you airee? . , perhaps unexpectedly high, would you airee? . ., , perhaps unexpectedly high, would you airee? ., , . agree? it has certainly increased substantially agree? it has certainly increased substantially over agree? it has certainly increased substantially over the agree? it has certainly increased substantially over the last - agree? it has certainly increased substantially over the last ....