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The chief of the Green Party was left spluttering on Question Time as she appeared to counsel she would enable a limiteless variety of asylum seekers into Britain.

During a heated debate concerning the Government’s Rwanda scheme, Green chief Carla Denyer criticised the present UK method and mentioned the nation ought to have many extra protected and authorized routes into the nation.

Asked if there could be a restrict on the quantity accepted into Britain, Ms Denyer mentioned: “I think it has to be decided not on an arbitrary number but on the severity of the cases.

“If someone has a legitimate claim to asylum because they are in danger, they are being oppressed, their lives or their families are at risk.”

Fiona Bruce, the present’s host, minimize in to ask: “So no matter how great the number is with a legitimate claim, no matter how many there are they should be able to come?”

Ms Denyer dodged the query, as an alternative speaking concerning the want for “international co-operation”.

Ms Bruce doubled down: “As far as the Greens are concerned, just to be clear, no matter how great the number is, as long as the claim is legitimate, the Greens believe they should be able to come?”

Ms Denyer appeared stumped by this, pausing and hesitantly saying: “This isn’t a standalone policy.”

Ms Bruce tried once more: “But as far as the people who have legitimate claims, who do want to come irrespective of what’s being done in their country, they can come?”

Ms Denyer spluttered at this level, with laughter heard from the viewers as she floundered for a solution.

Reform UK chief Richard Tice interjected, attempting to make clear: “So Carla, where are we going to put millions of people who’ve got a legitimate claim in your eyes?

“And then when they’re denied a claim, which is obviously going to happen and therefore they continue to come across on boats, what do we do then?

“You’ve set up your safe and legal routes – which by the way we’ve already got – if they get rejected and they still come across the waters, what do you do then?”

She replied: “You have to assess people’s claims.”

Mr Tice blasted: “So we’re back to square one!”

Ms Denyer later admitted that round 80 % of asylum purposes are profitable, giving a sign of the quantity the Green Party would settle for.