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20 August 2021updated 20 Oct 2021 12:25pm

Why Boris Johnson is facing a crisis over Afghanistan

Is the government doing enough to support refugees fleeing Afghanistan?

Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the Afghanistan crisis and the government’s refugee scheme, and why MPs from all sides of the House were giving the government a hard time.  

Then in You Ask Us, they answer listeners’ quesitons on whether the situation could really have been handled differently, and what the party political split is on what should have happened.

To submit a question for You Ask Us, please email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk

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