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“The asylum system and the border situation in this country are totally broken,” Reform UK's Home Affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf says when asked if his party’s extreme rhetoric on asylum seekers appeals to people, adding, “I think it's extreme to continue to operate an open border, to have almost 200 migrants die tragically making that journey, and to have British people suffering in many cases.” Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The current asylum system and the border situation in this country is totally broken.
00:05A home office whistleblower recently told The Telegraph that literally 99 out of 100 asylum claims were bogus.
00:13Almost a million people have claimed asylum in the last two decades in this country at a cost of £32
00:18billion in direct costs to the British taxpayers.
00:21So we've got to get the country back on its feet.
00:23And, you know, I don't think it's fair to say to British people that, for example, 300 British people are
00:29dying every week as a result of waiting too long for ambulances or emergency treatment.
00:35I don't think it's reasonable to say that that can continue to go up.
00:38And by the way, that's increased tenfold in 10 years.
00:40And then also claim that we're going to be, you know, a refuge for people from all over the world.
00:45We've got to be realistic about this. We've got to get the country back on its feet.
00:49I don't think any of that is extreme.
00:50I think it's extreme to continue to operate an open border, to have almost 200 migrants die, tragically, making that
00:58journey,
00:58to have British people suffering, in many cases, at the hands of brutal crimes that are committed by some of
01:03these people.
01:04We know, for example, convicted terrorists have made it into our country with the express intention of claiming asylum.
01:11One came here and attempted a mass casualty terrorist attack on our soul.
01:14The only reason it didn't happen is because of MI5 brilliantly stopping them.
01:18So I think it's an extreme position to say that we should allow that status quo to continue.

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