Only handful of Channel migrant smugglers convicted despite Labour promising to 'smash the gangs'
Only a handful of people smugglers were sentenced for bringing illegal migrants into Britain last summer amid a large wave of asylum seekers attempting to cross the English Channel, GB News can reveal. Between July and September 2025, just 33 individuals were convicted for piloting dinghies destined for Britain, despite 16 972 migrants arriving during the same time period. They were rapped under Section 24 and Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 between July 1 and September 30, 2025, figures
Only a handful of people smugglers were sentenced for bringing illegal migrants into Britain last summer amid a large wave of asylum seekers attempting to cross the English Channel, GB News can reveal. Between July and September 2025, just 33 individuals were convicted for piloting dinghies destined for Britain, despite 16 972 migrants arriving during the same time period. They were rapped under Section 24 and Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 between July 1 and September 30, 2025, figures
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