What 'small boats week' tells us about migration policy
August 14, 2023
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It was billed as 'small boats week' – a series of government announcements designed to show progress on the issue of cross channel migration. But the reality of the last seven days has got in the way. <br /><br />The 30 or so migrants who had been moved on to a housing barge off Dorset had to be moved out after Legionella was found onboard and Thursday also saw the highest daily number of people crossing the channel this year <br /><br />On the Sky News Daily, Rob Powell asks Peter Walsh, from the Migration Observatory, if migration policies impact people's decisions to travel to the UK, and he speaks to fellow political correspondent Amanda Akass about why the Government has picked ending small boats crossings as one of its five pledges ahead of the next election. <br /><br />Podcast producers: Rosie Gillott and Soila Apparicio <br />Interviews producer: Alex Edden <br />Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku <br />Editor: Wendy Parker
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