In an exclusive interview, a small boat smuggler tells Sky News that 'three-quarters' of his fellow criminals find 'life easier' in the UK, and are based here rather than in northern Franc
They are blamed for the rising number of asylum-seekers crossing the Channel in small boats. Blamed, too, for the dozens of people who have died in accidents.
He is Kurdish and I would guess he's aged in his early 30s. He had a curious blend of nervousness and self-confidence. I suspect that there is an art to being unobtrusive to most, but memorable to those that you want to remember you. The insights were compelling - the prices, the way in which middlemen connected migrants with smugglers, and the grudging respect for the French police.
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