Britain’s migrant crime scandal exposed
Episode description
Public anger over crime linked to asylum hotels is boiling over, with protests this summer from Essex to Scotland.
In light of the rape of a schoolgirl by two Afghan asylum seekers in Leamington Spa, Camilla and Tim ask what’s really driving this surge in migrant crime, and whether Britain’s broken asylum system is now fuelling a security crisis.
Plus, senior reporter Steve Bird has the inside story from the lawless migrant camps in Calais and Dunkirk: how ruthless people-smuggling gangs are coercing vulnerable female migrants into sexual exploitation, and recruiting others as drug mules.
Read: People smugglers demand sex for Channel crossings
Channel migrants smuggling heroin for gangs
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