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World at One: 12/11/2015

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12/11/2015

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With Martha Kearney. Includinga look at EU migration measures and NHS bed blocking.

News with Martha Kearney. Including EU measures to combat migration, how patients are getting stuck in England's hospitals and a new liquid developed with holes that can trap gas.

An EU summit on migration has decided to give 1.8 billion euros to African countries to try to curb the numbers coming to Europe. One Swedish politician tells us there are no mattresses left in the country due to the influx.

NHS figures for England show that the number of people who are stuck in hospital because there's nowhere to go, has risen to the highest levels since records began. We ask why.

As the Indian Prime Minister arrives for a visit, we ask if foreign students should be included in the immigration target. 

And we hear of a new liquid being developed by scientists in Belfast which has holes that can trap gas.

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