jenny kleenman and dr larny chen formerly policy director for mitt romney s presidential campaign. hello and welcome to the programme. just a week ago, 150 people ran into trouble in a small wooden boat off the coast of calabria in italy. on board were asylum seekers from afghanistan, somalia, iran. there were 20 children on board, including a newborn baby. 67 of them drowned. it s an appalling reminder of the risks involved. it is just as dangerous crossing the english channel. more than 16,000 made thatjourney in small boats last year, up from 300 in 2018. but how do you stop them? the new proposal set out by the british government today is heavy on deterrance. those who enter the uk illegally will be detained and removed to their home country or a third country like rwanda. they will be held for up to 28 days, without bail or court hearing, their claim for asylum automatically rejected and they will be banned from ever returning to the uk. and while this bill will not beco
In 2013, yet the operation was enacted. Within a year the problem was eliminated. Denmark, between 2015 and 2016, announced a range of measures intended to make their Asylum System significantly less asylu m system sig nifica ntly less attractive Asylum System significantly less attractive as a destination for Illegal Migration bill stack the result was a reduction in claims from 21,02015 result was a reduction in claims from 21,020 15 to 602016, and 1500 in 2020. For every one Asylum Seeker that arrived in denmark in 2021, three arrived in sweden on a per capita basis. Unilateraland capita basis. Unilateral and Bilateral Solutions capita basis. Unilateraland Bilateral Solutions and policies of deterrence can and do work. This is the route in the uk has chosen to go down. In 2022 some 12,000 albanians entered the uk illegally via small boats. In response we strengthen how we work with albania, including improved data sharing, close to operational working, new expedited returns arrangem
the government believed, this rwanda policy would be a deterrent to people who are considering making that dangerous channel crossing. the government s perspective all it would be. that doesn t take away from the amount of political weight the government has put behind this policy. they have made it essential policy. they have made it essential policy when it comes to immigration. it is the government who has pointed to the rwanda plan. you will remember the former home secretary suella braverman talked about dreaming of putting people in place to rwanda. it is a government that has given such weight to this policy working and that is why it is so significant that the court has now ruled it unlawful. ruled it unlawful. thank you so much. ruled it unlawful. thank you so much- just ruled it unlawful. thank you so much- just got ruled it unlawful. thank you so much. just got a ruled it unlawful. thank you so much. just got a reaction - ruled it unlawful. thank you so much
five judges unanimously ruled against his flagship policy to deal with illegal migration. they said rwanda has a poor record on human rights and also that if they go to rwanda, there would then be a a real risk of genuine refugees being sent back to the countries they d originally fled from. mr sunak said the ruling was not the outcome we wanted but he said he s now looking at a new agreement with rwanda in the form of a treaty. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. today was judgment day. does the government have the right to send some asylum seekers to rwanda? the verdict, no. the judges agreed there were substantial grounds to believe there was a real risk that genuine refugees could wrongly be sent back from rwanda to countries they fled from. the changes needed to eliminate the risk of fulfilment may be needed in the future but they have not been shown to be in place now. the home secretary s appeal is therefore dismissed. they also agreed there hadn t