Why are Illegal Migrants crossing the English Channel? Over the last 20 years, organised crime gangs have created an entire industry in smuggling people from Asia and Africa across Europe. Families sometimes save up huge sums to send just one relative to Europe, but that begs the question, if they’re able to save, they are not the poorest of the poor. In the case of refugees, it’s very hard to apply for asylum to the UK unless you are already in the country. The British border controls for the Channel are in the Port of Calais – which has high security. For years, people smugglers have organised sending people across the Channel in trucks. They included the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a refrigerated lorry last October. As port security has been tightened, more attempts have been made to send people by boat.
Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 16
