Albanian people smuggler jailed over small boats crossings
by National Crime Agency
National Crime Agency— An Albanian man who organised small boats crossings for migrants, including children as young as five, has been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation.
dailym.ai—Moment Albanian people trafficker who used WhatsApp to organise 31 small boat crossings for migrants including young children is arrested. Mustaf Cunaj, 41, was part of a network of traffickers, which smuggled some 10,000 migrants into the UK. He has now been jailed for nine years.
The Guardian—Five people die in attempt to cross Channel in small boat from France. Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 peopleFive people, including a child, have died in an attempt to cross the Channel in a small boat near the town of Wimereux, south of Calais, French authorities say.More than 110 people were said to have been on board the vessel when it left at 5am near the Plage des Allemands. Continue reading
dailym.ai—Surge in Channel crossings as one in five small boats migrants are now from Vietnam, figures show. Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023.