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These operations and that somehow it needs to be stopped. but there has been a range of reaction to the government s plan to stop it, particularly this new legislation. there have been some concerns raised by refugee groups about the ethics of this. ethics of detaining people who arrive here seeking asylum. they have been concerns about how workable it is some calling it unworkable. there are already tensions within the uk about some of those people who have already come across the channel are staying and where they are being put up in hotels or smaller towns for example. that is causing some tensions in the uk as well. so there are concerns about the practicalities, ethics, also historically fairly low levels of people being returned. concerns about the number of return agreements with other countries. as we do not have the fine detail of this legislation, but we just have that broad a thrust of it. we should get that a bit later this week when the government actually puts this to par ....
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0ur political correspondent helen catt has more from westminster. rishi sunak has made this one of his priorities in government. over 16,000 people who cross the english channel in this way in small boats last year, there is an acknowledgement that this is a problem. that people smugglers are running these operations and that somehow it needs to be stopped. but there has been a range of reaction to the government s plan to stop it, particularly this new legislation. there have been some concerns raised by refugee groups about the ethics of this. ethics of detaining people who arrive here seeking asylum. they have been concerns about how workable it is some calling it unworkable. the practicalities you hurt in that programme about where you you would actually put all of these people. there are already tensions within the uk about some of those people who have already come across the channel are staying and where they are being put up in hotels or smaller ....
Senator grassley was the one who blocked this from being included, citing concerns due to improper vetting he said of the refugees that come to the u.s. all in all, of course, refugee groups and veterans groups are concerned this was included. when you talk about the overall package, they are expected to finish it at some point tonight. they are looking forward to potentially getting it done before president zelenskyy from ukraine comes and addresses congress. that s not looking likely. a lot of deadlines to hit. that s for sure. thank you. that s it for me this hour. catch me weekends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. stick with msnbc today for breaking coverage of the january 6 report and president zelenskyy s visit to washington. today, in an effort to bring attention to what s going on in ukraine, the rockefeller christmas tree is going dark, one of locations across the ....
Agency to make cuts. the home office says it could be used in cases where there may be an increased risk of absconding and less incentive to comply with any conditions of immigration bail. i do think it is a sensible plan to try this so we can keep tabs on people who are eligible for removal in order to deliver the government s required objective. tagging and monitoring is used for people subject to court or prison orders. those who work with refugees say extending it to them is cruel and amounts to treating those who come seeking a welcome as criminals. actually, this is a diversion tactic from the government s complete failure to run the asylum system in an orderly fashion. at the moment, we have utter chaos. we have over 100,000 people in the asylum system, waiting for a decision. so, refugee groups say in the face of the huge issues with the asylum system, tagging is a gimmick and no other western nation does it. ....