Dozens are being investigated after a migrant smuggling ring was busted— including establishment politicians accused of accepting bribes in the “six-digit range.”
The British taxpayers pay £480 million for increased French border patrols along the Channel, yet 20% fewer illegal migrants were stopped this year before making their way to the UK.
Many of the traffickers and smugglers who operate in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia overlap with those smuggling migrants into Europe and while some simply facilitate illegal crossings, many other groups have more sinister motives.
Serbia’s decision to shut down its visa-free schemes has reduced the number of migrants travelling from countries such as Burundi, Cuba, and India, but the EU’s latest quota system does nothing to help the fight against illegal migration.
