24 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 Politics 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. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. 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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