running people to the border in north france, and we have to tackle them at source. when i was director of public prosecutions, we ran across nation teams to deal with transport of drugs, of guns across borders, and we can do it in relation to the trafficking of people and the movement of people across borders. we can go after those gangs and get them at source. that is the first thing. the second thing, david, is this. the appalling delay in processing asylum applications is at the heart of this. 4% of those that crossed the channel in small boats in 2021 have had their claims processed. 4%! when ifirst had their claims processed. 4%! when i first saw that figure, i couldn t believe it, and that is the state of our government and its ability to grape this has to be measured against their failure to tackle at source and their absolute failure
considerably smaller backlog. france in fact had more than double the number of asylum applications last year and has been processing things more effectively, so i think it is important to recognise that while certainly there has been an increase in arrivals, that is not necessarily the only reason why we are in this situation. ~ , ., , ., ~ situation. why do you think the backloi situation. why do you think the backlog in situation. why do you think the backlog in processing situation. why do you think the backlog in processing has - situation. why do you think the - backlog in processing has occurred? that is a very difficult question. at the end of the day, this is an issue about home office resourcing and processing time. one of the things we have seen is in 2019, the government abandoned its service standard of processing asylum applications within six months, said the objective there was 8% will be processed within six months and that was abandoned at the beginning of 2019 a
page now. what are the details here? this is all about targets. rishi sunak this is all about targets. rishi sunak wants a new deal with france, incentivising sunak wants a new deal with france, incentivising friends with targets for how incentivising friends with targets for how many boats are stopped from reaching for how many boats are stopped from reaching the uk. we know the vast majority reaching the uk. we know the vast majority of reaching the uk. we know the vast majority of people who reach our shores majority of people who reach our shores are majority of people who reach our shores are now doing it by boat from france shores are now doing it by boat from france they shores are now doing it by boat from france. they are not doing it by other france. they are not doing it by other means, by the tunnel crossings or any other means, by the tunnel crossings or any of other means, by the tunnel crossings or any of the other means, by the tunnel crossings or an
screening the migrants will then be dispersed around the country. the vast majority of them will end up claiming asylum in the uk. partly because of covid and partly because of the numbers the asylum system here has been under a huge amount of pressure. there are a huge amount of delays in processing asylum applications, the latest averages people have to wait for more than a year before in initial decision and people are turned down for asylum they may lodge an appeal. the reality is that the uk government is failing to return many asylum seekers either to the country of origin or to other safe countries they may have passed through. that seems to be a major sticking point and why critics say it seems so lucrative to get over to the uk. because the chances of being removed are pretty slim. because the chances of being removed are pretty slim- are pretty slim. simon jones, live in dover. thank you. this story very much plays out in three locations, the north coast of france, the south
are overrun many how to live an overpriced hotels or on the street a family of four receives seven hundred thirty five euros in aid per month. the number of asylum seekers arriving in cyprus has shot up fifty percent since twenty seventeen. authorities are angry with turkey for allowing them to travel freely to the north of the island. some of these nationalities are exploited they re fucked for turkey for certain or agreement with these contras little club or movies or cool clothes the u.n. refugee agency says the three to five year period for processing asylum applications is creating major problems because migrants are forbidden to work during this time it is extremely challenging for them to find employment and self sustainability and that has led to a situation of homelessness and destitution that has