EPISODE · Mar 23, 2023 · 26 MIN
The North-South divide on asylum: a Northern Agenda special
from The Northern Agenda · host Laudable
The issue of who claims asylum in this country, in what numbers and how they're getting here has been hugely controversial in recent weeks. Rishi Sunak has made his plan to 'stop the boats' one of his priorities as Prime Minister, and has unveiled legislation which aims to stop people claiming asylum in the UK if they arrive through unauthorised means. But as new government figures show that towns and cities in the North take a far greater share of asylum seekers than other parts of the country, what does it mean for the communities affected? Rob Parsons reports from a conference in Newcastle where experts from a host of different fields put forward their view on how we can fix the country's broken asylum system. *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The issue of who claims asylum in this country, in what numbers and how they're getting here has been hugely controversial in recent weeks. Rishi Sunak has made his plan to 'stop the boats' one of his priorities as Prime Minister, and has unveiled legislation which aims to stop people claiming asylum in the UK if they arrive through unauthorised means. But as new government figures show that towns and cities in the North take a far greater share of asylum seekers than other parts of the country, what does it mean for the communities affected? Rob Parsons reports from a conference in Newcastle where experts from a host of different fields put forward their view on how we can fix the country's broken asylum system. *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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