Why Are There So Many Asylum Seekers In Hotels?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
A record 111,000 people claimed asylum in the UK during Keir Starmer's first year in office - and the number in hotels rose by 8%. How did we get here and what is Britain's moral responsibility to migrants?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day |
| 0:08.7 | and the stuff that's even more important than politics too, from immigration to whether politicians still have morals |
| 0:14.0 | and why Duolingo thinks J.K. Rowling is mean. And joining me are two of the finest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times, |
| 0:20.4 | always moral, never mean. And they are Matthew Paris. the finest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times, always moral, never mean. |
| 0:22.2 | And they are, Matthew Paris. |
| 0:23.4 | Hello, Matthew. |
| 0:24.0 | Hello, good morning. |
| 0:25.0 | Good morning. Thanks for being here. And Manvin Rana. Hello, man, Vian. Now, see, listeners won't be aware, but when I started saying that, neither of you were here. And you've both run in while I was saying those words. I like how you're cutting it fine. |
| 0:17.7 | We were busy talking biscuits out there. |
| 0:19.5 | Sorry. |
| 0:20.1 | Go on. |
| 0:20.6 | Carry on. |
| 0:21.1 | Don't, |
| 0:21.3 | don't excuse me from the biscuit. |
| 0:22.5 | You've even brought biscuits. |
| 0:23.9 | Yes. |
| 0:24.5 | Give me a moment. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen. I like how you're cutting it fine. We were busy talking biscuits out there. Talking biscuits. Go on. Carry on. |
| 0:37.7 | Don't excuse me from the biscuit. |
| 0:39.1 | You've even brought biscuits. |
| 0:40.5 | Yes. |
| 0:41.0 | Give me a moment, listeners. |
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