Will the UK-France migrant deal stop the boats?
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The Times
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🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As anti-immigrant protestors declare today ‘No Aslyum Day’, and Nigel Farage continues his Summer of Crime campaign, can the Government wrest back control of the immigration crisis with its new small boats migrant deal?
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Guest: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
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| 0:00.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 0:09.4 | It's Thursday the 7th of August, and for some in Britain, that means one thing. No asylum day. |
| 0:19.0 | Why are you in particular? The police are bracing for potential disorder and the threat of violence, as far-right |
| 0:28.9 | groups organize a day of action with more protests planned outside hotels housing asylum seekers. |
| 0:34.7 | Move out of the fight! I can't say it clearer. You can't say it. housing asylum seekers. |
| 0:47.2 | How much are the protests and the rise? |
| 0:52.0 | And the rise of far right groups in Britain shaping mainstream politics. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm sorry, I've had enough of this. |
| 0:56.2 | If you come from Afghanistan, you go back to Afghanistan. |
| 0:57.0 | End of. |
| 1:02.4 | What does the British public think of immigration and asylum? |
| 1:04.7 | What's fueling these protests? |
| 1:07.3 | And will the government's New Deal with France make any difference to the arrival of small boats? |
| 1:26.9 | No. with France make any difference to the arrival of small boats. The story today. |
| 1:29.1 | No Asylum Day. |
| 1:30.7 | Are we bracing for a summer of riots? |
| 1:39.2 | I'm Matt Dathan and I'm the Home Affairs Editor at the Times. |
| 1:45.9 | Matt, we're speaking on Wednesday. |
| 1:49.1 | Just tell us a bit about what you're expecting tomorrow on Thursday with what they're calling |
| 1:54.0 | no asylum day. |
| 1:56.2 | Well, it's always hard to say what to expect ahead of the protests because they can so quickly spiral out of control |
| 2:02.8 | and also a lot depends on the counter protests that we're seeing from far left groups, |
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