you heard robert jenrick are set out the - robertjenrick are set out the reasons why the government iseen a lot of criticism of the way that the government is taking action against the individuals who are crossing the channel. their plan to detain and remove anybody who arrives illegally and barred access to the asylum system in the uk. there has been a lot of criticism of that from some politicians and actually in the house of lords here, which this week will return to considering the government's proposal or to enable them to do this. there is another point around, real them to do this. there is another pointaround, realflashpoint them to do this. there is another point around, real flashpoint has been this issue of housing asylum seekers and hotels that you just heard robertjenrick talking about there. it is costly. it costs about £7 million a day, about £2.5 billion a year and you heard him their reference some of the other solutions that the government is looking at. things like housing people on barges and in disused military bases but that will also, the cost. the bbc has learne

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robertjenrick, thank you very much. great to have you with us. what do you think?he address is there for you now. last week we showed you a surreal interview, performance perhaps, with the russian ambassador here about what is going on in the moscow regime. how vladimir putin ended up in charge is the drama being played out in london's west end every night. actor will keen is being booed every night for his eerie performance as putin. and tom hollander, a very familiar face from stage and screen, plays the character boris berezovksy, the real life billionaire who helped propel putin to the kremlim, then turned against him. take a look. in the west you have no idea. you think of russia as a cold, bleak place. full of hardship and cruelty. we are here today to urge the west to open its eyes, and see that this russia will never be a good neighbour. it will threaten the world order, it will be an enemy of freedom and we must act, now. why do you think peter morgan chose to call this patriots? it's such a strong word. why do you think he went for that title? one of the

, real flashpoint has been this issue of housing asylum seekers and hotels that you just heard robertjenrick a day, about £2.5 billion a year and you heard him their reference some of the other solutions that the government is looking at. things like housing people on barges and in disused military bases. that will come with a cost. the bbc has learned of internal government projections which suggest the home office is estimating that have to spend between 3— £6 million over the next two years on that detention removal and ongoing accommodation costs. there is some concern among government insiders that the costs of this are escalating. but politically in the uk, it's very important for the government to be seen to be tackling this, because the prime minister rishi sunak has made a personal pledge to stop the boats and we are expecting to hear more from him on this tomorrow. the united states has accused the commander of a chinese warship of navigating in an unsafe manner after a near miss incident between the ship and an american destroyer in the taiwan strait. here, the chinese ship can be

the immigration minister, robertjenrick, defended the government's approach — saying britain couldn't's our political correspondent, aruna iyengar. stop these boats now. turn back the boats. time to tackle the small boats. stop the boats. it's one of the government's top priorities. 16,000 people arrived in small boats across the english channel last year, but the cost of the new proposals could reach £6 billion over the next two years. ministers so far have not discussed these costs but they say they believe the measures will be a deterrent to illegal entry. we will never put the interests of migrants above those of the british public. we also cannot allow the uk to be perceived to be a soft touch and i have spent the last week visiting european countries like france and italy and those further upstream in north africa and all european countries are grappling with the same challenge. the illegal migration bill, if it passes legal hurdles, will mean anyone arriving illegally by boat will be detained and removed to their home country, or other country deemed to be safe such as rwanda.

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