Speaking to @BBCNewsnight about the moral panic surrounding boat arrivals across the English Channel and the need to defend the right to claiming #asylum 
A 20 minute interview was distilled down to less than 2 minutes, but a lot of the conversation also filtered into the rest of the piece.
To go ve some perspective to the alleged #asylumcrisis, in 2021 Q2 Germany received almost four times more #asylum applications than the UK.
To go ve some perspective to the alleged #asylumcrisis, in 2021 Q2 Germany received almost four times more #asylum applications than the UK.
The growth in sea arrivals is a fact, however we should also mention the asylum applications are still below 2019 levels and well below 2000s levels. @BBCNewsnight
Look forward to @maitlis reporting on the English Channel on Wednesday. With international mobily restarting 'after' the pandemic, we are beginning to see the impact of Brexit on borders and bordering
For UK viewers, the link to the episode bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… the piece on #asylum starts at 17'00
I've written down some notes at the margin of the @BBCNewsnight interview with @BenChu_: nandosigona.info/2021/11/23/a-m…
Re the issue of asylum decision time, in an Oral Questions Session in the House of Commons yesterday, asked by @GwynneMP about why it takes so much longer than 5 years ago to process asylum cases now, @pritipatel was quick to blame Covid-19, who can object to it...
However, unfortunately for her, the duration of the #asylum decision making process had already declined significantly before the pandemic, with 87% of first asylum decision in less than 6 months in 2014 and only roughly 20% in 2019.
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