Alexander Downer AC who was leader of the Australian Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995 and Australia's longest-serving Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007. He left politics in 2008 when he was named Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus. He held that post until 2014, when he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Alexander joins Nathan Eckersley to discuss the UK's migrant crisis, Australia's immigration policy and the AUKUS pact.

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