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UK companies linked to payments for small boat crossings, BBC finds
Smugglers are directing migrants to pay using a network of British businesses, secret filming reveals.
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According to BBC News’s source item, UK companies linked to payments for small boat crossings, BBC finds, Smugglers are directing migrants to pay using a network of British businesses, secret filming reveals.
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