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The News Quiz - 10th March

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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The Importance of Humanity in the Conversation

I don't think it's an opinionated thing to say that people should be thought of as human beings. I was recently in Eastern Turkey in the mountains on the border of Iran, where it was minus 20 degrees and I met 10-year-old kids who have been taken over those mountains trying to flee. Think about what it would take to take your child onto that journey, is what I say. We're turning our noses up at approximately 80,000 people who are traversing entire continents illegally,. crossing the channel in what are essentially inflatable paddling pools. And we're sitting here going, oh no, what do we do with them? Oh, I don't know.

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