Suspected people smuggler followed by BBC documentary detained in Birmingham

A 22-year-old Iranian man was arrested in Birmingham for allegedly smuggling asylum seekers to the UK, part of an ongoing National Crime Agency investigation into organized immigration crime. This arrest coincides with a record increase in Channel crossings, surpassing 25,000 for the year, prompting the UK government’s controversial ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France.

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