Rory Stewart

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23,188 appearances 87 recordings 4 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 9 Sep

Rory Stewart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 87 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 16.

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The Rest Is Politics · 559. Who Really Benefits from the Ceuta Migration Crisis? · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

As far as I understand, what you're saying is that every time somebody crosses the channel from France to Britain, you simply say, listen, France is a democratic safe country, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, they're safe democratic countries. voice-verified

We're going to send you back there. voice-verified

And that's not breaking your human rights. voice-verified

That's not putting you in any danger. voice-verified

We're just sending you back. voice-verified

And for some reason, we never get there. voice-verified

What we got to with France was this very strange model called one in, one out. voice-verified

Now, can you explain why that doesn't work? voice-verified

And try to help me understand why people struggle to understand that if you start returning people in an orderly legal way, they will stop crossing. voice-verified

Why can't... voice-verified

politicians on either side understand that the phenomenon will disappear if you start returning people. voice-verified

We're getting a lot of questions from listeners saying, how long do you think it will be until the climate crisis is going to exacerbate and accelerate migration movements? voice-verified

How do you think about the relationship between climate change and migration movement? voice-verified

Gerold, thank you. voice-verified

And can I just quickly, just as we finish, this is maybe embarrass Gerold, but agree or disagree with him, and I tend to agree with him passionately. voice-verified

He is the most remarkable individual. voice-verified

If we're looking, you know, people often ask, Alistair asks, but what can I do? voice-verified

What Gerold has done over more than 30 years of his life is to take really naughty public policy issues voice-verified

He started in the Balkans, then he did European Union accession. voice-verified

He's now working on migration. voice-verified

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