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Are plans, with the migrant boats, to turn them around in foreign waters, or push them back into foreign waters, potentially into foreign waters, potentially into foreign ports. the problem with all of this, and it really has been the problem since the beginning of the year, is that you need an agreement from another country to make most of that happened, and at the moment, the home office has not got those agreements. there is lots of negotiation going on behind the scenes, there are lots of ho...

They because its starting to get into the really hot season, those numbers are expected to go down a little bit because it is just too hot to try to make that journey. the biden administration will have a short window of opportunity to try to do some thing before it kicks back up again in the fall, what do they need to do? >> i think they need to look at a variety of different things, first and foremost, you have to make sure that those crossing the border illegally, there is a consequence of th...

So bad about applying in a another country? nothing in principle is so bad. we have that with candidate, but you cant tell people to wait in dangerous countries and try to apply for asimem in mexico or guatemala when they dont have fully functioning asylum systems. these people cant wait around in those countries and be safe and apply for asylum. this is effectively just a way to end asylum at the southern border. >> just to be clear for people who come in seeking asylum from central america who...

Its okay to say hey, look, thats not how this works. >> precisely. in that circumstance, weve determined you are already safe. because thats the bottom line requirement. >> thats what the entire legal architecture is attempting to provide. >> right. and the only other circumstances called safe third country agreements, emphasis on safe, we only have one such agreement with canada, that can only apply when the two countries have equally robust asylum systems.

Job, try to apply for asylum, its okay to say hey, look, thats not how this works. >> precisely. in that circumstance, weve determined you are already safe. because thats the bottom line requirement. >> thats what the entire legal architecture is attempting to provide. >> right. and the only other circumstances called safe third country agreements, emphasis on safe, we only have one such agreement with canada, that can only apply when the two countries have equally robust asylum systems. so in t...

Faces threats to their life, if theyve been extorted and threatened by gangs, the governments of their home countries cant protect them, theyre faced with this kind of violence and they have a legitimate claim, then we really need to take that into account. >> shannon: final word to you? >> frankly, they can go to costa rica to apply for asylum, go to neighboring countries that have similar asylum systems. not so much a system where theyre seeking to escape or rather to avail themself flts prote...

Child so he knows what the kids have been through just to get here and how it makes us feel. >> if they pass the interview, then they can apply and eventually present their case to an immigration judge for final decision. heres the thing -- that process can take years. listen to this -- in 2016, the u.s. immigration court and asylum systems were backlogged with more than 620,000 pending cases. wait times, up to six years. now thats an extreme. but just one possibility for migrants who are waitin...