People smuggling

Smuggler who called migrants 'chickens' jailed

A judge tells Ramal Briem he should be deported to Iraq once he serves his sentence.

Europol said more than 450 officers from the UK, Germany and Belgium were involved in the operation.

The visit comes as people smugglers target the Belgian coast, away from main launch sites in France.

Two Ukrainian men are jailed for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK on a yacht from France.

Investigators say the gang hid migrants in vehicles entering the UK from Europe.

The NCA confirmed two additional people were arrested suspected of trafficking migrants to the UK

Men from Rotherham, Liverpool and Birmingham are arrested, suspected of moving migrants to the UK.

Officers say migrants of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationality were in the lorry in Dover.

Kamal Chowdhury is one of six men who have been charged after a lorry was stopped in Dover.

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