Tonight: Season 2025, Episode 24

2025 - 24: Inside Britain's Asylum Crisis

In the first half of this year, around 20,000 small boats crossed the channel - the highest number for this period. Now, with social unrest and legal controversy surrounding hotels accommodating thousands of asylum seekers, Paul Brand investigates how the UK got into this situation, why the current system is described as broken, and looks at what the alternatives might be.