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Before even interviewed. the home office is planning a controversial overhaul of policy which it says will speed up the asylum process. anyone who fails to claim asylum in another safe country prior to arriving in the uk or enters the country illegally will be considered inadmissible to the asylum system. there is no such thing as a visa from those countries to come here in a safe and legal route so they have to come here clandestinely but international agreements know that. the refugee conventi...

Seekers in scotland — and most of them in glasgow. thats because the council here is the only one in scotland that has an agreement with the uk government to take them. alis still learning english. so he comes to meet me with a friend who can translate for him if he needs it. hi. how are you? yeah, i am good. and you? alis a father of five. his wife and his children are still in hiding in saudi arabia while he goes through the asylum process. hes come to the uk hoping that, if asylum is grante...

Usman aslam is an immigration lawyer, representing hundreds of clients in glasgow, including ali. one of the biggest difficulties that they face is the length of time that they are currently taking to process asylum claims. now thats not because of covid—19, im talking about even pre—covid—19. so how long are we talking that its taking? their guidelines are usually up to six months. the reality is so many of them are waiting years before even interviewed. sorry, hold on, sorry — years be...

An agreement with the uk government to take them. alis still learning english. so he comes to meet me with a friend who can translate for him if he needs it. hi. how are you? yeah, i am good. and you? alis a father of five. his wife and his children are still in hiding in saudi arabia while he goes through the asylum process. hes come to the uk hoping that, if asylum is granted, his family will be able tojoin him. why did you decide to come to the uk? why the uk? in arabic: usman aslam is an imm...

Temporary. so i did it. >> king traveled to the u.s. and began the asylum process in 2015, her case accepted three years later. and now a leader in her community, celebrating her freedom and her pride. >> we are here, we can dance in the street, we can listen to our music, we can kiss who we love, because that is what pride is about. >> administration officials telling msnbc that they have tools to push countries to do the right thing, among them economic sanctions. coming up next, bill barr c...

This morning this woman and her two children were sent back after being smuggled across the rio grand. they paid smugglers $4,000. she says her brother was killed. what should people do? >> if they made it to the border, they have the opportunity to file for asylum. in many cases these folks have a valid asylum claim. they need to file that and then they will go through an immigration process. that process can take a long time. the question is will the folks be allowed to come into the country a...

Immigrants in mexico but theyve been invisible through this whole process. so we really wanted to raise the visibility. so in terms of the hearings we held, i did that under the auspices of the subcommittee. but we were looking at the fact the general border crisis is really a humanitarian crisis. but unfortunately this administration is addressing it as though it is a law enforcement problem. and the trauma that these people have gone through, its really just shameful. and because these immigra...

And because these immigrants do not speak spanish, they are essentially stateless because theres no way for them to really get in line to participate in the asylum process. there is information that is written on paper, but frankly these people have fallen completely through the cracks. and theyre being discriminated against horribly in mexico. there were several people we met. we met one woman who was trans, and she felt completely not only stateless but also very vulnerable. she has been beate...

And what is happening in this administration its so important woe go down and see them. because in the entire debate there were so many african immigrants in mexico but theyve been invisible through this whole process. so we really wanted to raise the visibility. so in terms of the hearings we held, i did that under the auspices of the subcommittee. but we were looking at the fact the general border crisis is really a humanitarian crisis. but unfortunately this administration is addressing it as...

Government as defense minister which is clearly already aiming at the time passed on the on going to mark or when she wants to see germany engage more on the international scene also militarily our chief political editor michel a cure for the c.d.u. party conference in light sic great to have your analysis thanks. germanys relations with turkey are facing another stress test following turkeys arrest of a lawyer who works for the german embassy there now hes accused of spying and german officials...