The UK's asylum policy, specifically the plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, is the central focus of the two podcast episodes provided. This plan has faced years of delays and legal challenges, as explained in "Will the U.K. Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda?" and "Israel's military intelligence chief resigns over 7 October attacks".

The UK government pushed ahead with this plan in an attempt to tackle the growing number of migrants arriving by boat, but the plan has become a 'cautionary tale', as described in the further reading recommendation in the first episode.