Why don't people fleeing war or persecution stay in the first safe country rather than the coming to the UK? Would asylum seekers be treated better if we allowed them to integrate properly in society with homes and jobs? Is regional inequality in the North a long-lasting effect of Tory austerity, or is it because of immigration?

In this episode of Bold Politics, Zack Polanski chats to migration expert and policy maker, Zoe Gardner about how to build a convincing argument when taking on the anti-immigration sentiment which is currently being felt across the country.

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