France 'jails 100 Britons' for Calais people smuggling

'More and more English smugglers' are getting caught trying to bring desperate people into Britain

Migrants being detained at Calais
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Up to 100 British nationals have been jailed in France for attempting to smuggle people into the UK from the port of Calais, local prosecutors say.

Julie Colaert, the deputy prosecutor for the Calais region's main court, said she has seen "more and more English smugglers" in the last two years. She said the figure is only an estimate, as it is illegal to record crimes by nationality in France.

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