‘Tackle it now!’ Former border inspector issues warning over ‘serious threat’ of new small boat migrant route
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Former border inspector John Vine has warned of the "serious threat" posed after a new small boat migrant route into Britain was discovered.The ex-Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration spoke to GB News after police revealed "violent" ex-soldiers from Iraq or Afghanistan were facilitating crossings from the new location.Armed men are aiding small boat smuggling gangs, which have moved to launch from Belgium after French authorities took a stricter approach to monitoring the would-be migrants.
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He said: "Very often, in any migration flow, people come as foreign fighters.
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There are people who have trained and have been part of militias and irregular armies in places such as Iraq and Syria."To that end, Mr Vine insisted that the Belgian police must take action, but cautioned...
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