Priti Patel sets up high-tech command centre in war on people smugglers

A new command centre aimed at catching people smugglers ferrying migrants across the English Channel has been set up by Priti Patel.   The high-tech centre, which will be situated at a secret location in Dover, Kent, will see the British authorities collaborate with law enforcement in Calais to carry out increased air, land and sea … Read more

The Bachelorette’s Adam Todd unleashes his wild side in leopard print budgie smugglers

The Bachelorette’s Adam Todd unleashes his wild side and shows off his buff physique in leopard print budgie smugglers By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:44 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 07:44 GMT, 10 January 2021 He may have failed to find love with Elly Miles on last year’s season of The … Read more

People smugglers’ social media ads promote UK life, ‘fast migration’

People traffickers are advertising life in Britain on social media with images of Big Ben and the promise of high paying jobs, good weather and ‘fast migration within one week’ Smuggling gangs advertising their services on social media sites like Instagram  Some ‘migration companies’ say the weather in Britain is better than at home  They … Read more

Ruthless people smugglers ‘forced’ tragic migrant family to get on death boat

Ruthless people smugglers ‘forced’ migrants to board a makeshift boat where a Kurdish-Iranian family of five drowned after being trapped in the cabin when it capsized among five-foot waves in the Channel, it was claimed today – as France was urged to bring the criminals to justice.  Construction worker Rasoul Iran-Nejad, 35, his wife Shiva … Read more

Vietnamese migrants found dead in Essex lorry killed by ‘greedy’ people smugglers, court hears

A dying victim in the Essex lorry recorded a message for relatives saying: ‘I am sorry. I cannot take care of you. I cannot breathe. Have a good life’, a court heard today. The audio message was made by Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25, for his wife, children and mother after phone signal cut out in … Read more

Vietnam jails four smugglers over Essex migrant lorry deaths

Vietnam has jailed four people for helping to smuggle 39 of the country’s citizens to the UK – where they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, 26, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa, 36, Tran Dinh Truong, 35, and Nguyen Xuan Trieu, 24, were sentenced to a total of 51 years in prison … Read more

Today’s Karl Stefanovic bravely bares all as he wears budgie smugglers to do an ice bath challenge

Be careful of shrinkage! Karl Stefanovic bravely bares all as he dons budgie smugglers to do an ice bath challenge live on the Today show By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:31 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 07:37 BST, 11 September 2020 Today host Karl Stefanovic bravely bared his behind during an … Read more

People smugglers caught hiding family-of-five in back of van at Essex port jailed for 30 months each

People smugglers caught hiding a family-of-five in the back of a van at Essex port after drilling air holes into a false bulkhead are jailed for 30 months each Border Force searched van driven by Leontin Padure, 37, who was then arrested Maria-Mirabela Bulumez, 22, and Marcel-Ionut Frant, 27, were also arrested Officers found three men … Read more

Ruthless people smugglers are offering ‘kids go free’ deals to lure migrants across Channel

People smugglers are offering migrants ‘kids go free deals’ while dropping their prices for small-boat Channel crossings.  Desperate parents are being told they don’t have to pay to carry babies and toddlers as the ruthless smugglers lure them into completing the perilous crossings.  In some cases, the gangs have even dropped their prices from £5,000 … Read more

Another 75 migrants stream into Dover in a day as people smugglers urge hundreds to make crossing

Another 75 migrants streamed into Dover today as people smugglers urge hundreds to make the Channel crossing now before Brexit ‘closes the door’. Pictures show men wearing masks and lifejackets being brought into the Kent port of Dover on a Border Force speedboat. The Coastguard said it was dealing with ‘multiple incidents’, though an official … Read more