In BBC Radio 4 series To Catch a Scorpion, journalist Sue Mitchell and volunteer aid worker Rob Lawrie go in search of one of Europe's most notorious people smugglers, Iraqi Barzan Majeed.
A prolific people smuggler who's on a global 'most wanted list' is so 'addicted' to making illegal millions that he's introduced 'economy, business and first class' tiers to migrants desperate for a new life in the UK - including £18,000 'less stress' ferry tickets across the Channel.
A new BBC podcast, presented by Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie, goes on the trail of Barzan Majeed, who remains at large and on international most-wanted lists for people smuggling Mitchell and Lawrie are left astonished after they speak to an anonymous Iranian man about how he successfully made it to the UK via the 'premium' cross-Channel ferry route, touting it as the 'safest' way to travel.The man says he was told he would be able to board a ferry in Calais right under the noses of the authorities and 'no-one would stop them'.
The family were told the gate would open at 8pm and then they should hide in a toilet block for 20 minutes, which they did. 'And on the side of that is the office door that opens up. You can see it there. It's exactly right. What he says. I mean, put yourself in there. He's going to walk through all this officialdom,' Mitchell says.
Manna tells the journalist and aid worker that they've paid £6,000 for the trip, after being told they have a 'big chance' of getting to England. She told the podcast, she was scared of giant waves caused by a passing ferry and that she was praying to god for their safety because it was 'so cold'.
He explained: 'This is a complex piece of work, but we remain absolutely committed to operationalising the policy, to stop the boats and break the business model of people smuggling gangs.' The Government is gambling that the first flights to East Africa will have a stark impact on Channel arrivals, and demonstrate to voters that the problem is finally in hand.
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