Inside the fastest growing human trafficking route to the UK
Vietnamese people have become the fastest growing nationality, but why?
The Story · The Times
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Show Notes
Fifty thousand people have crossed the channel in dangerous small boats since the government promised to ‘smash’ the people-smuggling gangs at the last election. Among those arriving, Vietnamese people have become the fastest growing nationality, but why? Our reporter, Shayma Bakht, has gone inside this new clandestine smuggling route taken by those looking to come to the UK from Vietnam.
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Guest: Shayma Bakht, News Reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Anna Dowell.
Read more: What I saw on the trafficking route that ships ‘slaves’ to the UK
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