AndronETalksNews
Sky News
By Lisa Holland
May 24, 2023
While public debate rages about small boat crossings via the English Channel, a legal route into the UK is being used for people smuggling. Sky News investigates how criminal gangs are exploiting Britain’s shortage of skilled workers to move people to this country.
“I have put her as your wife, so take her.”
As Ratha, a Sri Lankan rice farmer, stood at Colombo Airport waiting for his ticket to the UK, the job recruiter gestured to a woman he had never seen before.
“Unless you go with her, you will have trouble and your money will not be returned,” he was told.
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