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The Preposterous Files - Asylum Seeker or Scrounger?

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Files from the National Archive reveal preposterous acts both grand and petty. Julian Putkowski distills them down. Klimowicz was just another Polish stowaway seeking political asylum in London in 1954. The Home Office got ready to boot him out. Then the Prime Minister, Churchill, got involved. His solution? Send in the destroyers. With Shami Chakrabarti Reader: Crawford Logan Producer: Matt Thompson A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.