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a very warm welcome to you. the british government is facing a wall of resistance over its. overseas for processing. believed to be 2 of the possible options but authorities say they want nothing to do with the. the objective here is to is to save life and avert human misery because people are crossing the channel who are being fooled who are being combed by gangsters into paying huge sums of money risking their lives people have died beaking this trying to make this crossing and it is a deeply repugnant traffic that we need to stop well that idea was 1st suggested by pretty patel the home secretary amid the escalating migrant crisis though at the

time it was branded a sick joke however that idea has now resurfaced from the prime minister barak johnson well critics have long said that this kind of policy will only make the journey all the more risky and that the government should really be prioritizing legal alternatives and safe passages for migrants to enter the united kingdom but on this latest policy they've branded as exacerbating the hostile environment it is an inhumane paula said that undermines our nation's proud tradition of providing protection to people fleeing persecution and terror many of whom have gone on to work as doctors and nurses in the n.h.s. these absurd ideas show the government has lost control and all sense of compassion well even the united nations has waded into this latest plan of shipping asylum seekers and refugees to remote areas in exchange for cash by calling it a risk to roading international protection for refugees but at this point we have

heard 'd from some of those remote territories british remote territories are saying they're having none of it along with ideas to build a road tunnel under the irish sea or a bridge above it this latest idea simply as to the rich tapers tree of life we're dealing with at present april the 1st isn't until next month but nonetheless the idea is expected to be included in policy papers as of next week as part of a wider shake up of asylum rules in a post breck's in britain so the situation is looking in credit. bleak for asylum seekers here in the united kingdom in fact right now asylum seekers are being housed in temporary accommodation including former army military barracks that have long been described as prison like we've seen covert outbreaks and totally. hygiene facilities there as well which has also met huge criticism from charities organizations and the labor party as well it seems as though the case of asylum seekers has long been a thorn in the government's side and so now this latest idea to ship them off to remote shutter territory seems as though the government is changing its tactic of

lock them up and throw away the key to out of sight out of mind. like dr joseph downing a lecturer in migration policy at the london school of economics thanks very much for joining us on the program today boris johnson claims this idea of sending asylum seekers overseas would save lives is he right do you think. about that aspect of the pilot so much he hardly g.b.s. i mean he's referencing people trafficking in criminal gangs which all important right in people as they are in people reaching the whole of europe but whether sticking asylum seekers to process the all of money to peru to save lives i'm hardly dubious critics saying the plan would actually violate international law including the un refugee convention and the european convention on human rights what's what's your view on that. well i mean clearly this is an erosion of of the humanitarian norms that the u.k.

is rightly proud of right as respecting for our recent history but at the same time it is difficult for policymakers to balance the requirements of an increasingly hostile electorate to migrants and under asylum seekers with maintaining humanitarian norms i mean there are 200000 by students from migration watch failed asylum seekers still in the case and this is something that is increasingly politicized and that especially a right wing conservative government feels that it needs to be seen to be to be hard on dr downing there are unconfirmed reports that gibraltar and the isle of man would be 2 possible destinations for asylum seekers that arrive in the u.k. although as we understand both territories have said they've received no official request at this point can you see any logic to actually sending people there. well there's a logic in terms of trying to trying to stop losing people in the general population right this is basically what's happened in the past 1520 years here in the u.k.

when people's asylum claims have been rejected the rates of deportation are extremely low is extremely expensive extremely difficult extremely cumbersome and the idea between behind this policy is essentially to isolate people in remote areas so the easier to survey and then easier to remove now how you would get people from the mainland u.k. to due process are all to the isle of man without significant issues that's the bit for me that remains to be seen and i don't see there being a clear pathway for the british government to do that while it's over let's compare it to another example because the u.k. plan is similar somewhat to what australia has done sending asylum seekers to the pacific islands would you say that scheme has been a success so far no in short no i mean this is this is one of the real problems with. asylum and refugee flows is is is really is beyond the states control right

the u.k. cannot stop conflicts in syria the u.k. cannot stop conflicts in afghanistan the u.k. cannot stop conflicts in a whole host of fear it can't stop human rights abuses in eritrea these of these are the states that send the most asylum claims to the u.k. so there's really very little governments can do your strategy and plan did not make australia much much less of an attractive asylum destination because we have to bear in mind that you know things like putting people in the army barracks as a deterrent to migrate really is not is nothing compared to the situations they find themselves in back home where in eritrea for example they can expect military service that will last for 15 to 20 years so for me the these deterrents never really work dr joseph downing a lecturer in migration policy at the london school of economics thanks for sharing your time with us here at r.t. international thank you thank you. several european countries have said they will resume astra zeneca vaccinations after the european medicines agency gave it

the all clear however one british nurse we spoke to earlier today says there are still many people reluctant to take the job. people were concerned about the speed at which the facts in nations we develop so that's now compounded we've toolbox and concerns around blood clots in the connection with these these brain blood clots that can develop or that you know this is fission that they may defend after this particular vaccination i had a conversation yesterday a patient who actually said that he would not be getting that one and he has now going on to a different brand of vaccination because he's lost confidence in that. well meantime top medical officials insist the british made vaccine has been proven safe despite several cases of severe side effects across europe.

well to try and put those numbers into context for you around 17000000 people have received the astra zeneca job in europe and the european medical regulator says the number of blood clotting cases is no higher than you would expect for that population size in normal circumstances however bennett again thinks people are right to be cautious but i think did the concerns of warrant as we are because we don't really want to be gambling with people's lives you know it's not and there

was a lot of to walk around this speed at which the facts in the engines what defend it so there is a lot of concerns about you know how safe all of the facts and now be it's you know i just i just hope that every something keep nice. well france is one of the countries resuming its astra zeneca vaccination program after the green light from the european medical agency but there are some dispute over the group such with the ages of the groups that should be receiving it so let's cross live now to. be standing for us live now in paris charlotte could you just talk us the latest recommendations on who should be getting the job. well i just want to start off with the fact that astra zeneca still has questions remaining over it here in europe despite the fact that the european medicals agency on thursday deemed it safe and effective for use we've now heard that finland is going to suspend use of the job that's while it investigates 2 cases of blood clots that it

feels was related potentially to astra zeneca now we also know that several countries have decided that it's going to restart their astra zeneca jap program just yet sweden denmark and norway all say that they will investigate themselves that decision may. do to several serious cases and no way would want to thoroughly review the situation before will make a conclusion. well and while the fact that there are some countries that have restarted using the astra zeneca job including here in france there is now a new ad voice that's being given out this is from the french health authority that is now saying that astra zeneca should only be used for those who are over the age of 55 now if we backtrack just

a couple weeks ago we were being given conflicting very different voice runs which at the time said astra zeneca shouldn't be used to people in old age groups confused well many people are confused and they're asking questions why this. change in advice now which is completely contradictory to what we heard before with lots because the french health authorities say that in the press conference on thursday may said this that they had identified a possible increased risk of blood clots for the. age of 55 and that's why they are making this precautionary advice and deciding to not administer it to young age groups now this is problematic you too there about the number of astra zeneca jabs given out across europe here in france it's about 1400000 doses now many of those have been given to health professionals here in france many of those are under the age of 55 and for those who've only had one shot of astra zeneca they

are now in limbo as to whether they will be able to get that 2nd short and there are already concerns over astra zeneca here in europe one poll in france recently showed that only 20 percent of people had confidence in this job and that's because there have been so many questions raised about it not just by whether or not it has links to blood clots but leaders here in europe also questioning the effectiveness of this vaccine to trying to lay those concerns the french prime this actually went in had his job today over astra zeneca don't worry he's 55 so he's not going against the country's medical advice but this also doesn't bode well for the european medicines agency this is a supervisory body in europe that decides what medicines are ok to use them or not to use the fact that countries now double checking really verifying its own investigations before they decide whether or not to restart programs or to rollout

astra zeneca to all age groups is pretty worrying and it does suggest that maybe some trust has been lost all of this comes said to me creasing a difficult time for europe as we now are being told that there are not enough vaccines to. halt the 3rd wave of coup 19 not only that not enough vaccines but many people now potentially saying i don't want that vaccine i'd prefer this one is a really complicated. thank you. denmark has proposed controversial legislation that aims to reduce the number of quote non-western residents in neighborhoods to a maximum of 30 percent in 10 years out of denmark's population of just under 6000000 around half a 1000000 are non-western migrants all the descendants of immigrants that's around 8 percent of the population and while the country's plans are technically possible

as artie's daniel hawkins explains there are other issues to consider. multiculturalism means different things to different people and has been described by bullet oceans as both a strength and a force for good and a failed experiment bringing more problems and solutions the danish government has its own view and vision of the future when many non-western immigrants settle in certain residential areas it increases the risk of create in parallel religious and cultural societies therefore the government will now work to create a mixed house in areas and ensure that in 10 years residents with non-western backgrounds make up a maximum of 30 percent in our house in areas in denmark to be classed as a ghetto an area must have a high number of non-western migrants high unemployment and crime low income and poor education an area could be all of the above yet the majority white and therefore not be classed as a ghetto boy non westerners authorities mean anyone not from denmark switzerland or

they eat a country's and by reducing the numbers of such undesirables in communities many of the above list of problems could apparently be solved this core foods is about fighting. and greed in a positive development in residential areas making them more attractive to words range of the population i think 30 years may be kind of interesting numbers. and i don't know maybe the staff will of with like 50 i prefer different people living side by side but it's very very difficult to take implement into this is it's important that we don't push people out of their homes if i was personally on with them. and they would try this way to racially divided us it would i would not feel welcome such areas in denmark already face special treatment such as doubled penalties for crimes collective punishment by a vixen mandatory language tests and training in danish values for kids and the

limits on public housing this is a policy rooted in. prejudice and racism and when you are you know labeling it as non-western which means anybody who's brown. i think is the problem probably problematic and so integration is a 2 way street it can't be the responsibility just of the people who move into any particular country or that's where european governments have built their fails to integrate minority communities because they're what we've seen them as indian they've always seen them as not equally part of their societies similar plans came to light a few years back and caused a stir with even the un expressing its concern about what it called forced assimilation denmark isn't the only european state dealing with the issue of ghettoization france and neighboring sweden of had their own share of troubles there is a significant problem right across europe with the ghettoization i remember after some terror attacks in paris i went over to one of your states on the outskirts of

town which was predominantly muslim now there's nothing wrong with that but what you have a tendency to find this in a lot of these european cities they'll be the most liberal or they'll be the african area and the be the kind of western area and what happens is people fail to integrate now i'll be honest with you i genuinely think that the problem here is that we have less it too many immigrants to europe too quickly thought was this isn't a perfect solution you can understand where it comes from copenhagen a set and ambitious and i'm president of plan to tackle a political football head on other countries will watch closely to see it sink or swim. the kremlin has repeated its offer to washington for both presidents to hold a meeting in the form of a live broadcast of that amir putin has been trying to clear the air after some pretty harsh comments from joe biden last week but so far the u.s. has not responded to requests for talks other than saying that joe biden's busy artie's saskia taylor picks up the story. well we all know that moscow and

washington are no strangers to tense relations but many had hoped this was a thing of the past however of recent days seem to show that very little has changed since the cold war the same suspicions the same war of words are alive and well decades on and in fact in a sign that such an impossible breaking point has been reached moscow was forced to admit that despite its best efforts and despite its hopes to the contrary the might be no option but to relive a kind of through back to the low points of the past of course we always hope for the best and prepare for the worst the president has clearly expressed his desire to maintain relations between russia and the u.s. no matter what it says he's not only in our interest but the entire world's why is such a resigned tone from the kremlin well just to recap quickly you argued this week on national television president biden essentially called vladimir putin's a killer

a shocking statement that was unprecedented in its lack of diplomacy unfounded in its lack of evidence and really unexpected given moscow's insistence over the years that it wants to work with the washington and in keeping with this tradition despite that remarkable comment from his american counterpart vladimir putin reiterated russia's readiness to cooperate with all countries of the world including the u.s. but washington stopped by its guns person by the way going forward but you. know the president gave a direct answer to a direct question i would say that the president already had a conversation already with president putin even as there are more world leaders that he has not yet engaged with and reengage with russian leaders and members of the government at all levels but i don't have anything to report to you in terms of a future meeting the president will. course be in georgia tomorrow and quite busy

we seem to be seeing a never admit never apologized policy regardless of the consequences for must go more and all of branch an attempt to defuse the escalating situation in fact of the admin page and did even suggest a quite unique a more sort of malton format for them to hash out the differences a one on one live streamed discussion between the 2 leaders where people from all over the world can chew men and watch them discussing a variety of political issues and he said that while he's away in siberia this weekend that's the only time he's not available otherwise he's ready to go but apparently joe biden wasn't a fan of the idea mr president out of the oval office would you agree with. and it's not just biden turning his back on this invitation the white house has not responded to an official request which moscow and top prints as rejection but it is important to note that whilst this might seem somewhat play for maybe even

a touch funny it was a very serious suggestion a serious suggestion for a serious situation because with washington apparently refusing to engage in any kind of dialogue pursuing this provocative rhetoric with the russian ambassador to the u.s. also having been recalled for talks there is absolutely no doubt that relations between the 2 countries are under exceptional strain at the moment it is not international the new u.s. administration seems to have got off to a rather rocky start with china relations between american and chinese officials were well to say rather chilly during their 1st high level chats in alaska my colleague neil harvey and. discussed the stand. well it was an acrimonious that's the word acrimonious meeting that was intended originally to gauge relations to see where relations between china and the united states at

a historic low in recent years where those relations stab and somehow secretary of state blinken thought that it would be a good idea to begin this meeting by airing seemingly every grievance that the united states holds against china today we'll have an opportunity to discuss key priorities both domestic and global so that china can better understand our administration is intentions and approach also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china including actions wrong on kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies. each of these actions threaten rules based order that maintains will stability what followed was a strained back and forth exchange and you could see the irritation on these people's faces these are high profile diplomats veteran diplomats and yet still you know none too soon to be the better man the chinese described meeting and the u.s.

attitude is it hospitable the united states tone as condescending the united states the cues them using throwing their weight around using their economic supremacy and military supremacy to bully nations and set them against china to sort of cheat international trade with sanctions regimes and restrictions and under the guise of. being in the interests of u.s. national security and the chinese made it very well knew that they wouldn't be talked to like this. and we thought that the u.s. would follow basic diplomatic protocol we should clarify our position immediately that we tell you something you have no right to tell china that you start from a position of strength when talking to us photos which in marriage counseling

session they were both parties their grievances about the of the side and if there was very little love there between the u.s. and china i think it was absolutely no love when the u.s. came to power russia no there wasn't i mean biden came to power promising to reverse all the damage the trumpets done its famous phrase diplomacy is back america is reengaged in the world and you know talks and negotiations are how biden's going to do it we've seen none of that none of that when it comes to foreign policy biden and trump might as well be the same person there seem intent on burning down what bridges remain calling that mr putin a killer for example. and you know that being a violation of simple simple protocol simple diplomacy but russia has said what what china saying what other countries are saying it is time tell we the united states off of this added shoot where it begins negotiations from a position of strength as they say. the united states government wants to

maintain certain relations with us but on the issues of interest to the united states itself and on that terms they think we just like them but we're different we have a different genetic and cultural moral code but we know how to protect our interests yes we'll work with them but in areas that are of interest to us on terms of benefits and they will have to deal with it many of the faces of biden. in biden's foreign policy team are the same people the remnants of the bombers and ministrations in the same faces many of the same ideas yet they're uproot has been anything but what it was under obama here they seem to have inherited trump's gung ho attitude where they think that you know as they did in the past where force rules unfortunately tron in russia are increasingly saying it doesn't. report by

u.s. intelligence agencies has found that the threat posed by white supremacist groups has increased significantly this year and that their influence now spreads far beyond the borders of the country it comes in the wake of a shooting in atlanta in which 8 people died including 6 asians the mass media were quick to label the incident as racially motivated. let's talk about motive police say that the suspect claims he had a sex addiction but there's also concern that the killings were racially motivated and several advocacy groups warn that these shootings are likely to heighten fears among all asian americans that is just textbook i don't even understand why it wouldn't be charged as a hate crime however police have said it's just too soon to say if the shootings were a hate crime and as you heard the suspect himself blamed it on his sex addiction the incident did take place earlier this week when a gunman opened fire at 3 spawns and a rights group in atlanta representing asian americans as a link the massacre to the rise of white supremacy but political commentator lauren

chan believes people should certainly be more wary when using that. well i think it's very concerning over the past few years how we've seen the definition of white supremacy get watered down to the point where now the term is essentially meaningless is that unfortunately people are very very liberal in applying the white supremacist label label where it simply does not belong and what that actually does it is makes it harder to combat real threats there was the recent shooting where asian women were killed that is an unfortunate tragic incident yes but there is a big difference in terms of how we prevent these attacks from happening when we say that someone was attacked and they happened to be asian versus they were attacked because they were asian and sadly that is a distinction that it seems the media is increasingly unwilling to make it's gotten to the point in terms of media coverage where you would assume that there was an anti asian or white supremacist shooting every week based on how much the media focuses on it and unfortunately what we have is people like my father who is asian now even scared to visit large cities because he thinks that anti asian sentiment

is that bad which is not the case f.b.i. statistics show that asian americans are the least likely group to have hate crimes committed against them so either your stories now for this hour here on r.t. international but my colleague you know neil is manning the helm and half an hour's time with more of your friday worldwide news stories. it's seemed wrong. to me. to say proud. to come to advocate and engage. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. always gauge with confrontational.

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