A people-smuggler whose network brings hundreds of illegal migrants into the UK told the Sunday Express that demand for Britain's generous benefits generates too much money to stop. The Afghan crime lord sensationally claimed his gang, which operates from Turkey to the UK, is even tipped off by contacts within the state apparatus to help avoid detection.
Smuggler Claims Demand Overwhelms Law Enforcement
Asked if threats of a crackdown by the National Crime Agency would put him off, the smuggler told the paper: "Demand is too high. There are a lot of people that are asking us to go to Europe. When demand is high, of course we will take the risk." With 15 years' experience of trafficking, the gang boss spoke with an incisiveness that eludes most Home Office ministers. "I'm not an educated person," he admitted, while explaining that the pull factor for illegal migrants is the "very good hospitality from the UK, including hotels, and their families are encouraging them."
"The demand is increasing," he said. "People are leaving their countries. They would like to go to safer countries. This is our business."
Mass Deportations Seen as Only Solution
If the UK continues to give illegal migrants free accommodation and generous benefits, it is making this criminal business all the more attractive. With the risk of arrest outweighed by the prospect of vast profits, it can only be ended by one action – the deportation of tens of thousands of illegal migrants which would kill the business overnight. That is the only thing the smugglers fear, but they know it's something no British politician has thus far been able to deliver.
Neither the Tories nor Labour have possessed the courage to enforce mass deportations. Briefly, the Rwanda scheme sent shivers through refugee camps, but Rishi Sunak failed to deport a single migrant to Africa before losing the general election in 2024.
Foreign Criminals Evading Deportation
Again and again, the UK has been unable to eject foreign criminals from its own shores. Latest Home Office figures reveal that nearly 20,000 foreign criminals are avoiding deportation, many living freely in communities despite having been convicted of sex crimes, violence and theft. Frequently they use the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to frustrate deportation, but government after government has been afraid to junk the out-of-date legislation.
It has now been estimated that asylum seekers exploiting the ECHR to stay in Britain will cost taxpayers some £4.9 billion over their lifetimes.
Political and Social Divisions Over Migration
Pro-migration activists are allegedly working within the government for political reasons to swamp the shores. These are the same people who battle against patriots hanging up the national flag in their streets. Blatantly pro-open border Green councillors in Bristol want to stop locals waving the flag despite having been happy to fly the Palestinian tricolour over their council offices last year. They are less keen on the flag of St George because they claim it is not "welcoming."
Call for Strong Action Against Criminal Gangs
From the words of people-smuggling Afghan crime lords, Britain is already "welcoming" enough. By allowing criminal networks to thrive, the government is enabling corruption to spread not only at borders but also onto high streets where criminal gangs have already taken over shops and restaurants to sell illegal goods and promote their trafficking businesses. This criminal enterprise is already so enormous and entrenched it looks set to defy the attempts of any weak-willed politicians to do anything about it. Until a political party grabs this issue by the neck and starts deporting illegal migrants by the thousand, the UK will be doomed to an ineffectual parade of briefly-appointed prime ministers who talk the talk but do not walk the walk.
If Britain is to survive as a prosperous nation that treats all citizens fairly, it needs to bring a swift end to the organised crime exploiting its overly generous welcome to the rest of the world. We cannot keep wasting billions of pounds on a system that rewards ruthless gangsters in far flung corners of the globe.
