20 hours ago · United Kingdom
People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 11 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. The headline in use is “People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from Boulogne-sur-Mer, assembles it and affixes…
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People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?
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