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Channel Crisis: Can People Smugglers Be Stopped?

Jane Corbin investigates the smugglers who get people into Britain and finds out what the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda means for those attempting the potentially deadly journey.

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is part of a government plan intended to help cut the number of small boats crossing the Channel and force people smugglers out of business. But will it really deter migrants trying to come to the UK? Reporter Jane Corbin investigates the smugglers who get people into Britain and finds out what the government’s plan means for those attempting the potentially deadly journey.

29 minutes

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Reporter Jane Corbin
Producer Maurice May
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor Karen Wightman

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