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Priceless audience reaction to asylum comment on BBC Question Time
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1 year ago
Question Time audience member reacts to woman saying she doesn't believe in asylumSource BBC
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if they have the sufficient qualifications to do the jobs that we
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probably need. And as far as asylum goes? I don't believe in any asylum. I really
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don't. I think we have taken more than our fair share in this country. I feel
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very sorry for the little towns, little villages that these people have been put,
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where people have lived all their lives and they're frightened.
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Do you feel sorry for the people who are fleeing war? Do you feel sorry for the people who are fleeing persecution?
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I think there's far too much made of this that they're fleeing wars.
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Is there a war in Algeria? Is there a war in Morocco? Is there a war? Where are they coming from? Syria?
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Lost from Syria. One point. We're fifth in Europe. In terms of the numbers of
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asylum seekers, we are fifth in Europe. One of the ways that this debate has
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developed is the idea that they're all coming here.
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Let's let Jackie in. Thanks guys. So I'm proud to live in a country...
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