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 coast of england and of course the