let's bring in writer and broadcaster nina myskow now to debate you on this. nina reckons i'm being inflammatory for even raising the point that we don't know who these people are and they are potentially dangerous. the question is, are they dangerous? am i being inflammatory by raising this point? >> yeah, i think you're right, ben, to point out the cohort who arrives via small boats, if you then compare them to the cohort that arrives via resettlement routes or for example, the ukrainian roots, for example, ukrainian roots, for example, ukrainian roots, for example, ukrainian roots were mostly dominated by women and children are resettlement routes are mostly dominated by families . mostly dominated by families. small boats, as you pointed out, are mostly dominated by single men aged 18 to 40. a very different cohort of people. and where you would say , where you would say, particularly given they've come through a number of safe countries , i'm more looking for countries, i'm more looking for the economic opportunity of coming to the united kingdom rather t

writer and broadcaster nina myskow.atives, mark littlewood, and we have businessman and activist adam brooks. mark, i will start with you on this. now this this , this phrasing now this this, this phrasing now gone from illegal to irregular, really not all the time. but he's rolling the wicket for it. in fact, cooper's done the same thing. do you think that's important in terms of trying to get into the public psyche about who these people are? >> yes it is. look he's misusing language here. there are there are three different things that we should look at. one is asylum seekers. these are people who claim to be fleeing for their lives and can't be sent home for risk of torture or murder or whatever. that's one category. another category are migrants who go through the normal process and say, you know, i want to come here and work as a hedge fund manager or as a brain surgeon or whatever it might be, a footballer. fill in the forms. that's legal migration. and then there is a vast swathe of people who are not seeking as

we've got activist and businessman adam brooks and broadcaster nina myskow. oh yes. look closely at the top of your screen, there's a woman just walking along the street. all right. what happens next there? i'll tell you. get ready. britain. here we go. the taliban's values rear their ugly head in britain . next. ugly head in britain. next. >> patrick. thank you and good evening. the top stories gb news can exclusively reveal that more than 20,000 migrants have crossed the english channel illegally so far this year. that milestone was reached this morning as hundreds more made the journey in small boats

writer and broadcaster nina myskow, former newspaper editor neil wallis and journalist and commentators just turned nuclear. next wokeist . now your nuclear. next wokeist. now your news with sophia wenzler . news with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. just after 9:00. a fire at somerset house in central london has been contained. after around 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. priceless artworks, including a van gogh painting, have not been damaged and all the public are safe. after the fire ripped through the roof of the historic building earlier, somerset house will remain closed until further nofice will remain closed until further notice as an investigation into the fire that damaged the roof is conducted . in ireland, a is conducted. in ireland, a teenage boy has appeared in court charged over the stabbing of an army chaplain outside renmore barracks. a 16 year old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, has been remanded in custody. gb news home and security editor mark white has more. >> this short court heari