history. since 2015 we have offered a place to over 185,000 men, women and children seeking refuge. more than the entire population of sunderland at more than any other similar resettlement schemes in europe. this includes almost 100,000 british nationals overseas, threatened by draconian security laws in hong kong. 20,000 through our syrian scheme, 13,000 from afghanistan and whom we have debts of honour. and around 50,000 ukrainians. we are not only supporting british nationals of those settled in the uk to potentially bring hundreds of thousands to their extended family from ukraine, we are also welcoming unlimited numbers of refugees from that conflict as the british people open their homes in one of the biggest movements of refugees to this country that we have ever
these are things i will be working to very specifically now. because the status quo cannot persist. i think there is a full understanding of this on the french side, and as i would say to the house, the one thing we absolutely are is a government, we are incredibly propositional to france in particular. we have defined joint solutions and if that means actually doing more with france and persuading them to take on more support, we will absolutely strain every sinew to do so. thank you, madam deputy speaker. our hearts thank you, madam deputy speaker. our hearts go thank you, madam deputy speaker. our hearts go out all those affected by yesterdayterrible tragedy. but there was already deep concern in my constituency about the government s approach constituency about the government s approach to protecting men, women and children seeking refuge in the uk, and and children seeking refuge in the uk, and i and children seeking refuge in the uk, and i also have many constituents with
unclear if he was a member of the caravan. she wanted people to understand who is in this caravan. it s not, despite the narrative that some have pushed, women and children seeking refuge from violence in their country. it s mostly young men. and over 500 of them are considered by the federal government criminals. ainsley: she talked about that. how the media is overracketting about this. watch. the reality is there is over 6200 individuals camped out south of the u.s. border in tijuana as i stand here. in mexicali 300 caravan members. these groups combined with other make their way will result in approximately 8 to 10,000 migrants amassing along our southern border. the crisis is real and it is just on the other side of this wall. ainsley: it s interesting, too. if you look at the video as she was walking along the