the woman that you mentioned, she walked past here, she needs to get across and this is one of the only ways that she can get there and really, for the people here, they have told us how desperate they are and they are hoping that the government will speed up efforts to try and get reinforcements to them. we have spoken to people who have said they have not had clean water since monday, others have not had power and also there are food shortages across various parts of the province. it s emerged that the uk government formally instructed civil servants to press ahead with an overhaul of the asylum system before they could estimate how much money would be saved by the scheme. the home secretary, priti patel, had to personally approve the policy which could see immigrants who ve arrived in the uk unofficially flown to rwanda. 0pposition parties have condemned the proposals. i ve been speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake.
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where we are. the and that is why we have ended up where we are. where we are. the policy itself which was where we are. the policy itself which was announced - where we are. the policy itself which was announced a - where we are. the policy itself which was announced a few . where we are. the policy itself i which was announced a few days where we are. the policy itself - which was announced a few days ago, we can see pictures of priti patel in rwanda and signing this deal, it has been quite controversial in the uk. to has been quite controversial in the uk. ., , ., , , has been quite controversial in the uk. to say the least, there is in a chorus of uk. to say the least, there is in a chorus of criticism uk. to say the least, there is in a chorus of criticism from uk. to say the least, there is in a | chorus of criticism from opposition as you might expect who call it unworkable, unethical and inhumane but there is also more criticism from unions representing civil service
ready for this, which means european nato allies and european member states nato allies and european member states must stick together to whatever extent possible. thank you ve much whatever extent possible. thank you very much to whatever extent possible. thank you very much to the whatever extent possible. thank you very much to the german whatever extent possible. thank you | very much to the german ambassador to russia forfive very much to the german ambassador to russia for five years. mi; very much to the german ambassador to russia for five years. to russia for five years. my great leasure. it s emerged that the uk government formally instructed civil servants to press ahead with an overhaul of the asylum system before they could estimate how much money would be saved by the scheme. the home secretary, priti patel, had to personally approve the policy which could see immigrants who ve arrived in the uk unofficially flown to rwanda. 0pposition parties have condemned t
not think the government will be worried about long term cost at this point. beyond the £120 million upfront deal with rwanda that the uk is giving to that country, ministers have been upfront that they cannot say how much it will cost in the long term, at the moment because £5 million a day to put asylum seekers up million a day to put asylum seekers up in hotels while their claims are processed in the uk and there is a significant ongoing cost at the moment so this policy will soak up that cost if you like but over and above that, ministers want to be able to be seen to have a potential solution to this problem, something to tackle which for many people is a deeply worrying issue of migrants crossing the channel in small boats, making that dangerous journey day after day. the finer details, the price tag is actually not much of a concern it seems for ministers at