The Daily Mail (London, England), July 24th, 2003
Byline: PETER PATERSON
NO ONE could possibly claim that the BBC has, in any real sense, fulfilled its duty by leading the national debate over the crisis created by the number of asylum seekers arriving in Britain.
They have burgeoned, almost unremarked upon on its airwaves, from an annual 4,000 a decade ago to last year's 110,700.
And that, of course, is not counting the untold thousands who sneak in without being spotted.
But like Rip van Winkle, the BBC suddenly awoke last night to the realisation that Britain is now the preferred choice of genuine and bogus asylum seekers alike from ...
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