Illegal immigration: cracking down on smuggling makes gangs more organised – and costs migrant lives

By David Suber, Doctoral research fellow, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL

The illegal migration bill is the government’s latest proposal to tackle the rise in small boat Channel crossings, by detaining and removing anyone who arrives in the UK without valid permission to enter.

The government hopes the bill, currently in committee stage in the House of Commons, will deter migrants from relying on smugglers to reach the UK. Anyone arriving by small boat…

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