Small Boats Crisis: Smuggling Gangs ‘More Violent’ And Adept At Exploiting Loopholes

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“It’s an ongoing problem of quite considerable proportions.” Weapons have been found in French migrant camps where organised crime gangs plan small-boat crossings, and former chief inspector of borders John Vine says he “can’t understand why” the camps are allowed to remain. John Vine was speaking to Ryan Tubridy in for Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday, 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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