PREVIEW: UK Government Struggles with Migrant Deportations and Housing GUEST AND TITLE: Joseph Sternberg, member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal SUMMARY: Joseph Sternberg discusses the concept of "remigration," or deportation, of indiv
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
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GUEST AND TITLE: Joseph Sternberg, member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal
SUMMARY: Joseph Sternberg discusses the concept of "remigration," or deportation, of individuals crossing the English Channel into Britain. The British public is unhappy with the government's struggles to deport migrants, even after striking deals with countries like France. The government also struggles to house these individuals in "migrant hotels" while they undergo lengthy asylum processes. Sternberg suggests that Keir Starmer has not effectively managed this problem.
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| 0:25.4 | member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. He's in London, |
| 0:28.6 | asking about the support for the word remigration, meaning deportation in English, |
| 0:34.8 | of the people who cross the English Channel boldly and are housed in government |
| 0:39.9 | hotels until their sanctuary-seeking process is satisfied. However, the population of |
| 0:47.1 | Britain is very unhappy, especially because Mr. Starmor made remarks started in the campaign |
| 0:52.5 | about what he would do with this phenomenon. |
| 0:56.5 | The numbers are much smaller than anything we see in the U.S., but still, it's not as large a population, |
| 1:02.8 | nor is it as large a landmass. |
| 1:05.5 | Here's Joseph to examine very carefully what Starrmer said, what he's done, and what is wrong. |
| 1:12.9 | Much more of this tonight. |
| 1:15.0 | A minute. |
| 1:16.1 | It's the inadequacy of those plans that's driving it, the fact that the government seems to be |
| 1:22.2 | struggling to deport anyone, even after they've struck these high-profile deals with |
| 1:26.6 | countries like France to try to return people to where they've struck these high-profile deals with countries like France to try to |
| 1:28.2 | return people to where they originated. |
| 1:32.6 | And, you know, they're struggling to house the migrants. |
| 1:35.5 | So you have this problem of the migrant hotels where the government warehouses, people who have |
| 1:40.7 | entered the country illegally and now are, you know, wending through its arduous legal process to claim asylum. |
| 1:48.1 | So I think that there's a real sense that Starmer never had a grip on the problem and shows no signs of getting one now. |
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