BBC tracks down smuggler behind English Channel crossing which killed girl, 7 | BBC News

A BBC investigation has tracked down a people smuggler who organised a small boat crossing to the UK in which a seven-year-old girl died.
Five people died in a crush onboard an overcrowded small boat as it crossed the English Channel, including the girl, named Sara.
Smugglers had packed over 100 people on to the inflatable vessel.
As of 26 June, 13,195 people had crossed the Channel in 2024 - above the numbers for the same period in the previous four years.
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[@jamiejamking]

Love how the bbc can easily track this guy down but the police cant

[@Jessicacaca00]

Hes the kind of person the police recruit to tick that diversity box

[@stylistxxx]

@@Jessicacaca00 CORRECT !

[@heistallmighty9451]

@@Jessicacaca00 😂 spot on bro …sadly

[@ZafarIqbal-jl8yq]

It means there are black sheep 🐏 in the border security 😂😂😂After 50years😂

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

They can. They're not. There is a difference

[@johnvonhorn2942]

So the BBC can track down the smuggler but the whole of European law enforcement can't.

[@jungleboy1]

LOL... we know its deliberate at this point.

[@at4095]

he works for bbc ;)

[@jjrider6758]

I can smell another BBC plant, did he put on a concerned, sympathetic expression and nod a lot when the camera was on him ?.. I suppose it's just possible that they've finally improved their ability to spot a wrong-un since Savile, Edwards et al ?.. But I doubt it...

[@jcanyiam8309]

THAT'S THE BREXIT BENEFIT, John YOU VOTED FOR BREXIT, did you not?

[@aitchellarmoire9944]

@@jcanyiam8309 people like you put everything down to Brexit - so how come these migrants have crossed the whole of the EU? That's because of Brexit too, is it? And it was Brexit that prompted Merkel unilaterally to open the floodgates?

[@esporter5721]

BBC can find this person but our army or secret service can’t?

[@micktaylor9332]

It's ridiculous isn't it. Totally pathetic.

[@grumpy2384]

The bigger question is.If they were so certain he was the smuggler, why didn't they provide police with the proof and have them there to arrest him?

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

They can. They're not. Big difference

[@The_Hairy_Hermit]

Secret service 😂

[@RobertJames-mw3qm]

The BBC likely collude with smugglers as part of their anti British efforts. That's how they know of him I bet

[@jamiejamking]

The police could probably track and arrest every people smuggler in Europe but cant be arsed

[@loo7784]

They've been paid NOT TOO

[@aaronbeat1136]

That could be dangerous though, and some of them might even use hurtful language

[@smallfeet4581]

If the police are under attack from the govt or some people why would they , not saying all cops are nice , far from it , it's not like it used to be these days ,

[@EKA201-j7f]

​@@aaronbeat1136Gasp!

[@MissA3839]

The RNLI are supposed to promote water safety but by continuously being a taxi service for the people smuggling trade they are doing the complete opposite! and just encouraging more and more to risk the crossing from safe country France.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

What are they supposed to do? Their only job is to stop people dying at sea. The organisations to blame are the French police and the asylum system in the UK that takes way too long to process applicants.

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

The RNLI wish the government would stop basically forcing their hand as it is going hand in hand with record low levels of charitable support from the public. People always gave generously to save sailors lives, but now they're at risk because the RNLI is overwise busy doing something the majority of the public do not want to support

[@georgesdelatour]

@@DreadWaaaghGaming If migrants set foot on UK soil without prior authorisation, they are considered to have entered the UK unlawfully. This triggers their immediate arrest, detention and processing under the Immigration Act 1971. But if they have been “rescued at sea” by the RNLI, the requirement to arrest them immediately no longer applies.

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

@georgesdelatour well that is very interesting indeed! Did not know that and I doubt most would either. That's something Farage should mention in one of his speeches / debates during this campaign

[@aleckerby1236]

I stopped giving to the charity on principle.

[@MegaWilderness]

Britain is permitting smuggling by not returning them

[@jjrider6758]

It's not 'Britain', it's Britain's self-styled 'political elites' that are are failing to return them..

[@patmckeane6588]

Ok ill give you that but we arent inviting these people

[@jjrider6758]

@@patmckeane6588 Absolutely not.. and it's true that we can't return them until they are processed, but as most of them dump their phones and ID in the channel we STILL can't return them AFTER processing because we cannot return somebody whose nationality is unknown, and they're all well aware of that..

[@MegaWilderness]

@@jjrider6758 At every border in the world no-one is allowed to enter without documentation and is sent back.

[@aaronbeat1136]

Her family killed her when they allowed her to get on the dinghy. The people trafficker just helped with the process.

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

You are a lower life form

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

uk is just useless, do not give illegal immigrants nothing no pull factor then, when is labour or tories going to fix this the truth is nether. hope le penn wins and farage

[@patmckeane6588]

The true ones to blame not uk

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

@@patmckeane6588 You are getting the blame, we know who you are; Reform voters. You will pay!

[@user-ii5gx5ng6y]

@@GaryS-gi9fk pay for what?

[@lukegreenfield7155]

The parents should be prosecuted for putting her on it aswell

[@evgeniynagornyak1150]

What parents? Kids been kidnapped. Just for to get to the boat. After, they throw kids out of the boat.

[@lukegreenfield7155]

@@evgeniynagornyak1150 they showed the parents in the video

[@AthelstanEngland]

Media and politicians to blame. If we had turned the boats back from day one and deported back to France those that arrived this would have been over the first summer. You are all complicit.

[@b.nichols3255]

Kids born in Europe, so why coming to UK for asylum?

[@DilbertWhitehead]

If it is so easy to find these people, what are we paying the French millions for? 🙃

[@rabirai1003]

We made them easy with Brexit

[@DilbertWhitehead]

@@rabirai1003 who, the French? Is this them 'punishing' us?

[@zaimajawad7880]

@@DilbertWhiteheadyeh they the French don’t exactly like the British generally 😂

[@BondJFK]

French scammed you Brits😂😂

[@herbaliser4207]

@@rabirai1003 🤣

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

Her parents are to blame no one else!

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

true because they decided to take her on that boat, french cant comment dont want to do anything. boy and girl dont have access to school born in belgium and sweden, no passport belgium and sweden i would say probably tough on illegal immigration, uk govt needs to grow some balls

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

@@colinlock-lv9vv Those parents should be jailed for manslaughter

[@DJDAVINCI]

The parents are 100% responsible.

[@user-bq9wy9kx3y]

Yeh exactly. As if youd take your kids on a journey like that. Is france that bad?

[@aleckerby1236]

I have been to france the people are horrible, the government officials are complicit as is the uk government with the people trafficers. but to be fair you cant call it an unsafe just easy corruptible country... ​@user-bq9wy9kx3y

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

France is a safe country this is Frances fault. Every european country they passed through moved them along.

[@gitfted_by_AI]

Do not want to keep dirty humans. France has too much our economy is a messed.

[@flibberdob936]

Stopping the people who once occupied the campsite at Calais is the last thing the French want to do.

[@Qkano]

Odd the pic is of a cute child - why not one of the 99% young males which are the reality of the invasion ?

[@budgetcollectables2810]

The same reason why the cameramen film the 2-4 kids and women getting off the boats and then leave before the men get off They are pushing a narrative. Seeing kids and women emotionally manipulates people better than seeing military aged men.

[@teresabelshaw4262]

Because they always use children as a guilt trip

[@budgetcollectables2810]

My comment got shadow deleted by youtube 10/10 but its exactly as teresa said

[@Itskilo]

The smuggler didn't kill her, her father did, when he took her on a dangerous trip from a safe country.

[@williamsafari6437]

we stopped the luftwaffe but can't stop the economic migrants on small boats

[@stephaniecalderon65]

So two of these asylum seekers children had been born in two different Very safe EU countries, Belgium and Sweden.but they then from France a third safe EU country decided to pay people smugglers and put their children on an unsafe boat to illegally enter the UK.🤷🏻‍♀️and the excuse of"family ties,English language"as a reason for the numbers illegally coming to the UK definitely don't add up.as shown with the amount of asylum seekers who apply for support with accommodation because they have nobody in the UK to stay with or support them when waiting for their applications.or the amount of tax money spent on phones iPad's, English language classes,translators to translate for those who don't speak any English.everything but the truth that the UK is seen as a soft touch is given as an excuse.🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jonathansmeth2501]

And by being guaranteed to get a house or flat as a priority the whole family and extended family arrives.

[@surreyscouse2873]

You're so 100% correct with that post.

[@The_Reality_Filter]

Shame you couldn't "track down" Sir Jimmy Saville...even when he was working for you for 40+ years you still couldn't track him down. I wonder why...

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

He was in Starmer's bedroom.

[@jjrider6758]

££££££££££ ?!!.. plus an institutional and insatiable desire for more of the same, no matter what the cost.. Still, no need to worry eh ?.. Sir Keir will soon track all the people-traffickers down.. As you know, he doesn't like to 'big-himself-up' or anything but he did single-handedly stop all terrorism when he was head of the CPS.. and I bet you didn't know that he's from a 'working class background' and that his Dad was a Toolmaker and his Mum was a Nurse ?.. or that they 'often struggled with household finances'.. What a guy..

[@itsoccamsrazor]

Whataboutism

[@jjrider6758]

@@itsoccamsrazor Not really, they're just pointing out how incredulous they are that the BBC can manage to find one man in Europe, yet claimed they didn't spot the sex-criminal in the midst of their own organisation..

[@user-ii5gx5ng6y]

@@jjrider6758 sex criminals.. Plural.

[@berserkirclaws107]

Remember that our TV licence pay for that stupidity who lead to absolutely nothing! 1:38 "There no much more we can do!" No 💩 Sherlock! But you got fully paid plus extra because you abroad and do what to travel across Europe everything included hotels, meals, taxis, trains, and the result is nothing this serve no purpose... Bravo👏👏👏

[@IgirisuGuy]

I bet you never ever paid tax in your life. Using your logic anything that does not result in anything substantial then it is pointless. So coverage of war.. pointless. Also there is nothing more we can do means they can’t just arrest the guy since they are not the police, hence why they reported it and it is undergoing investigation

[@PikaPluff]

if you want to watch bbc or live tv, pay the tv license. if not don't. simple.

[@viewersme796]

So why bbc not calling a police same time it doesn't make sense.

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

Because they want them all here

[@spudspuddy]

BBC will make sure he's given a free council house immediately & help him claim every benefit...BBC always traitors to Britain

[@aitchellarmoire9944]

What's the betting that the French police just "lose" him.

[@user-ii5gx5ng6y]

No chance was a girl on a dinghy. They're all fighting age men.

[@IgirisuGuy]

Imagine saying a young girls death was a lie. You are a disgrace and should be ashamed

[@chantellelowe2168]

Hang on they were raised in Europe and parents decided no we will jump on a dingy endangering my children.... parents should be on a charge

[@GregNow]

Lets not get confused child was 7 yo, full resposibili for child deaths is due to neglection and abuse and lands completly on her stupid parents.

[@xXIamJAEXx]

Invasion of this country and this is how you portray it, more brilliant work by BBC

[@GIBBO4182]

What did the BBC do? Buy him a bigger boat?

[@terryhoath1983]

It was a News of the World Job. "My cameraman caught him at an awkward moment. We made our excuses and left" or rather HE left. They informed the French Police ! Wow ! Shame that he was in Belgium before the French police raised a finger .... Pfff ... Seeing the little girl on that path in Brussels/Bruxelles, she didn't seem to have a care in the World SO WHY BRITAIN ? Her parents murdered her and should be charged accordingly. The smuggler is guilty of manslaughter. THEY are guilty of murder.

[@DilbertWhitehead]

...and a cheeky Mcdonalds for the journey home 😉

[@nvmtt]

@@terryhoath1983 her parents were going to britain because sweden was forcing them into a warzone and they did not want their daughter to die there. Or did you not know she was deported to iraq. a 7 year old girl who had never even set foot outside europe, being shipped of into a country that is actively being bombarded by both sides.

[@spudspuddy]

@@terryhoath1983 News of the world closed down years ago. BBC will make sure he's given a free council house immediately & help him claim every benefit...BBC always traitors to Britain

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@nvmttwe don't give 2 hoots about their sob stories 😂hilarious 😂they are not wanted , the majority agree with me 😂

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

That smuggler are those who allow those crossings happen.

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

40 people in a dinghy which isn't suitable for that at all.

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

Conservatives+Labour

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

What human rights convention can allow that I don't know or prohibit to not let that happen.

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

I ain't even a lawyer but I feel there is smth wrong with such a crossing. How could lawyers who were in the government to not find anything wrong with that. Is that Nigel Farage who should look into the laws? Labour party is full of lawyers, meanwhile, and they are in the government for ages.

[@Patronisingpaddy101]

Blame the parents who took her on the journey in the first place also

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

They can land at any point of your coast. They can have weapons. Your coastal citizens are constantly in danger. You shouldn't let even one person in in such a way.

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

European human rights act? What about human rights of your children who play on the beach? Aren't they humans? Are you ok?

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

That human rights convention or act don't know I ain't a lawyer was designed for air travel, not for the sea. Airports are protected to some extend. You can deport them for protection of your citizens. Just stop it.

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

But deport them to France. That would be too expensive to deport them to other places. You are Great Britain. It's your country, your citizens are the first and in fact only priority.

[@user-nr5bw5uo4e]

All this tech and they can’t find and break this smuggling ring 🤐😵‍💫are the police and politicians being bribed??Why hasn’t the army brought in and patrolling beaches.

[@owainjohns2815]

criminals interviewing criminals...

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

bbc are criminals bbc liecence for one. they pander to left

[@hdash7356]

Stop the benefit In all level and they stopped coming. I spoke to one he said they say in UK if u don't work u get unemployed wages as long as u don't want to work and that's mostly attracted them to come. That's what their friend and family told them bcz they getting that benefit for more then 10 years not working in UK. Of course mostly they work cash in hand as well. So tax payers like us are stup... I am stu... working!!!

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

not stupid working blame govt wether tories or labour usless, lets give illegals benefits which u have worked all your life for just in case you need it

[@freedomishealthy1086]

Everyone who thinks stopping the boats would be “racist” is to blame.

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

We will get you in custody once the woke have control.

[@jonathansmeth2501]

Hear, Hear.

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

@@jonathansmeth2501 There there, soft lad!

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

Why is it the BBC can track and find these people, but the UK police cannot? Its actually quite painful having to listen to a researcher from Oxford University telling us the illegal immigrants come from "some of the most chaotic parts of the world". Nope. They come from Calais, after leisurely crossing the entire continent of chaos-free Europe.

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

@@cyberfunk3793 So in your considered opinion arresting and prosecuting the people-smugglers who are causing our society so many problems is not useful? You are about as ill-informed as some of the 'diversity hire' nobodies employed in the immigration industry by organisations like Oxford University. 😅

[@user-dq6nj1zv9h]

And the BBC never challenged his loony views and opinions

[@user-dq6nj1zv9h]

@@cyberfunk3793we need to disrupt the trade in illegal immigration and the bbc have just proved how easy it could be

[@surreyscouse2873]

Well, Europe "used to be" chaos free, but hey, look at the demographics of who's making it chaotic.

[@JohnSmith-w5b]

Found with the public's telly tax more like

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

Oh...now the BBC wants to appear to want to prevent the crossings? Jeez you're so see through

[@SpartasEdge]

The people smugglers, and the parents that took their child onto that boat, are responsible for that poor childs death.

[@paulhinchley3383]

Her father wins the worst father competition , tragic what he forced on on this innocent girl 😢

[@rushelm8101]

If the individuals escaping from "intollerable regimes" and "poverty" were genuine about their children's "welfare", then perhaps in retrospect having children was nothing more than fulfilling their own needs at the expense of their offpring. You chose to reproduce, please don't attempt to transfer responsibility for your life decisions onto other people who owe you nothing and then attempt to shame us all who disagree with you!

[@nvmtt]

she was born in europe. she had never even set foot in iraq. that raises another question, how can sweden throw a 7 year old european girl into a warzone, why is that legal?

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@nvmttbecause a dog born in a stable is not a horse 😂

[@Christina-sf4py]

​@@nvmttshe was only born there due to our incompetent authorities. She was used by her own parents as an anchor, why not ask them why ....

[@nvmtt]

@@Christina-sf4py she was born there because of a simple matching of time and location, nothing more. and if you destroy the anchor of a boat in a storm, that is considered sabotage. BBC already had an interview with them. the father already said why. sweden tried to throw a 7 year old european born girl into a warzone. belgium and france tried to do the same. England was his final attempt to save his daughter.

[@Christina-sf4py]

@@nvmtt do you attend church

[@steverobs5713]

And the parents with whom she travelled??? Now in first class hotel no doubt...

[@GreggFellows]

the smuggler you watched operating when the child died, doesn't that make you complicit?

[@mariantebb6730]

Why not show his face?

[@user-dq6nj1zv9h]

Why don’t the French police track down these people smugglers??? . Everyone on that boat should have stayed in Europe, they have no real reason be crossing the channel

[@SuperTilly01]

he is not a gentleman he is a monster/

[@gareth449]

Parents aren`t waiting for clarification , they are probably waiting for financial compensation . The best way to stop the boats is to stop giving them money and phones when they arrive .

[@jayteedeene5981]

Came from two countries that were safe.

[@JesusH.Tap-Dancingchrist7328]

The best way to know what's going on in the world is to not read the Daily Mail

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@JesusH.Tap-Dancingchrist7328the majority don't want them here facts 😂 ps , stop reading the Guardian 😂hilarious bahahahaha 😂

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

You are sick and evil

[@sjto19]

Why are we giving them Benefits/ housing from tax payers money and not sending them back! Prople in this country are being deprived of their rights over illegal immigrants.

[@hughbeeson8854]

If it is possible for reporters to track down these smugglers, the question needs to be asked, why can’t European governments with MIi5 and MI6 and such organisations locate and jail them and put a stop to the nonsense?

[@1betterthan]

Serco's 10 year contract continues, = money money money.

[@emszies8303]

The father of the girl should of been protected for child endangerment the bbc should not of given him screen time to tell how bad his " pain " was losing his child he probably thought that would give him and rest of his family a pass to stay

[@helenwarner5492]

Why can’t they investigate all of these traffickers ?

[@Duncan23]

And did you report him and his location to the UK or French or Luxembourg police? No you didn't because it's not about the lives lost, it's about making headlines

[@Deruwugen]

2:09 right there

[@Cannon952]

You clearly didn't watch the video. The irony talking about headlines LOL

[@leet3207]

Did the BBC just ask the french coastguard?

[@grahammeadows6743]

Amazing BBC can find trafficer and authorities cannot. Perhaps they were not looking.

[@WesternWomanUK]

So- they were in a safe country and had the funds to pay people smugglers- criminals and should be arrested for child abuse- disgusting !!!

[@IgirisuGuy]

Some people want to live better lives don’t you? If you could come to a country that makes multiple times your income for an average job would you not. For your children?

[@gitfted_by_AI]

​@@IgirisuGuy so retarded they were in France they can work have money without the need to work

[@habibalkhozai]

To those who comment that belittle the issue or criticize the father... Have you asked about the circumstances that pushed the father to this state? Have you lived in a country where you only have a name and immigrated to a country where you wished to live a life with the simplest elements of humanity to feel like a human being, only to find it uglier than your country in the way it treats people based on race? Have you ever entered a cycle of to be or not to be? Have you ever woken up from your sleep and not even known who you are? Do you blame the person who immigrates illegally? Did he find a legal way and not resort to another mechanism? He thought about returning to Iraq, but Iraq refused to return his children because they do not hold Iraqi citizenship (they were born in the country of immigration).

[@Max-om5gh]

Great shame they can’t track down our useless MP’s.

[@g3ges3]

They know who the traffickers are they only nick them when someone sadly gets killed wake up

[@fusspot57]

Completely ridiculous. Just goes to show that a hidden hand is at work here. This is all intentional. It makes me sick.

[@badninja1971]

What a joke, 😂 BBC, track the tens of thousands that have arrived illegally. 🤦‍♂️

[@Ampasss]

Shameful of her Father to do this to her, his idiotic selfish dreams came before her life

[@nvmtt]

her parents were going to britain because sweden was forcing them into a warzone and they did not want their daughter to die there. Or did you not know she was deported to iraq. a 7 year old girl who had never even set foot outside europe, being shipped of into a country that is actively being bombarded by both sides. her father tried to save her more than britain ever did and sweden straight up has blood on their hands.

[@Ampasss]

@@nvmtt they were from a stable area or Iraq by what I’ve seen. The parents f’ed up.. they came to Europe illegally , they had no real plan, they were being rightfully sent home. The reason this whole issue is so bad is because of people like you who will constantly make excuses instead of call out this disgusting behaviour to a little human who had no choice in it herself.

[@Ampasss]

@@nvmtt It so sad your way of thinking is this twisted.. Just to try and throw it on a western state that offers more help than any other... Iraq is a safe country, Ive been there on holiday. This man was driven by selfish want for wealth and nothing more. There are millions of people who live happy fulfilled lives in Iraq and as long as people like you fail to address these issues and just twist them into your latest hate filled bile attack on the goverment or west nothing will ever be sorted. shame on you.

[@phillipdavies9233]

I thought the UK Special Forces were meant to be the best in the World at clandestine ops. So why havent they been deployed to eradicate the smuggling gangs? If they can't do it perhaps they should recruit those BBC reporters to show them how it's done.

[@Michaelsrevelation]

This is why reform has to stop illegal crossings and stop selling boats

[@Andrew-tx8gj]

This presenter makes it sound as though she'd never heard of these boats before today.

[@jonathansmeth2501]

Poor soul, as a white presenter working for the BBC probably on her last legs she is probably afraid to open her mouth on and off camera.

[@3D_Printing]

1:38 what about a Citizens Arrest

[@GaryS-gi9fk]

They don't know where you are...

[@alfaV6boy1]

The virtuous can't have it both ways, when people say 'stop the boats' they say we are racists and thick, when a boat sinks or whatever and a child or adults die, suddenly they act like it wasn't avoidable, by guess what........ stopping the boat.

[@shadowmaydawn]

Or they could make the immigration process easier, allowing people safer and legal access to the country.

[@alfaV6boy1]

@@shadowmaydawn There will still be people willing to take the risks because you can open as many routes as you want but it will never be enough and if people try that route and don't pass they go to the boats and the gangs.... really isn't that hard to understand.

[@shadowmaydawn]

@@alfaV6boy1 But those numbers would drop tremendously because people don't like taking huge risks unless they can't avoid it. This girl wouldn't have been on that boat if the legal process of moving to the UK had been easier for her and her family.

[@alfaV6boy1]

@@shadowmaydawn bullshit, they lived in belgium, last time i cheked there was no war in belgium so they would not qualify. If blame lies anywhere its the gangs and her father and their country of birth and none of those are British yet we get painted as the bad guys..

[@shadowmaydawn]

@@alfaV6boy1 A lot of the instability in those countries was the result of colonialism and Western meddling. Also, just because they were not in a warzone does not mean that they were living securely. You also have to consider financial and general well-being.

[@mikewade777]

Must be a no news day

[@kevinb9830]

What about the parents?

[@David1991.]

They're smugglers trying to get United Kingdom in a boat.

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

“How awful 😞 poor child and parents. So, basically all those GROWN MEN DIDNT HELP A CHILD. 👧 WELL DONE FOR TRACKING HIM DOWN. A SAD AND BUT GREAT 👍🏻 WORK FROM THE JOURNALIST. ❤”

[@honeybunch6473]

What the HELL do we pay UK taxpayers money to France for?

[@Aweleitt]

Imagine you wait for the train then bbc comes with a camera and straight up film you

[@antoma6844]

Rarely do you see women and children on these boats,9 times out of 10 they are young men.Islamic foot soldiers!

[@jonathansmeth2501]

Soldiers my arse!!!

[@John_Smith_86]

How is it the fault of the service provider, when the family chose to do what they did? It is like going to a nightclub well-known for blocking off all its fire exits. Not exactly right to blame them for the deaths in the fire

[@PulseNews-gu9fe]

Dreams can be pleasant, scary, interesting, strange and absurd.

[@trudeausbackbone1304]

Blah blah blah blah blah

[@Tezo1981]

They can hunt down smugglers across Europe but couldn't hunt down the predators in its own corporation... smh 🤯

[@AntGeezer]

The BBC?? If only we had something like…oh I don’t know..a border force maybe?

[@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp]

I suppose to say these people use inosent people's weakness

[@pisey5290]

And what about the effect this mass invasion is having on Britain and its indigenous population!

[@williamrobertgillies8279]

The guys wearing a 400 hundred pound jacket, I work 40hour week and I can't afford to buy cp coats.!

[@porter5877]

Think you're find the english empathy is running very low at the moment.....

[@Abbu121]

Why is it the police are so incompetent

[@patmckeane6588]

Look its sad it was a kid but at the same time uk has nothing to be guilty about we did not invite these people

[@KestasSereckis-st4tk]

So you managed to find him and let him go…

[@user-gk9vi1xf1c]

A need to justify themselves it only matters if something is done about it.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

What about the parents trying to ilegally enter a country ????if they didnt try doing this their daughter would be alive

[@budgetcollectables2810]

By "BBC tracks down" do you mean you just filmed some of your employees? Anyone remember the fake refugee Hassan Akkad?

[@kevinwake8789]

The numbers only increased in 2018 because it was announced they will be getting put in hotels, instead of detention camps. Its now out of control, and will get worse under labour.

[@letsdisagree]

All of a sudden pretending to care about moving people

[@DreadWaaaghGaming]

The RNLI wish the government would stop basically forcing their hand as it is going hand in hand with record low levels of charitable support from the public. People always gave generously to save sailors lives, but now they're at risk because the RNLI is overwise busy doing something the majority of the public do not want to support

[@sharpymark5713]

The government should put money into the RNLI.

[@thomism1016]

The BBC should not be confronting suspects in this way😡😡😡. They should be handing their information over to the police. The only advantage I can see is sensationalist television. The obvious consequence here is that the individual in question goes into hiding and becomes more difficult to track down while facilitating further crossings 😤😤😤😤

[@jaiadixon7918]

Why are they escaping Belgium or Sweden?

[@KINGJK144]

Another example of how we know this is being done on purpose. Stopping them would be as easy as the BBC finding this guy but they want it to continue. We can only speculate why.

[@kilakiki8900]

Iraqi smugglers

[@50stuart1]

Why do they not arrest him

[@ZafarIqbal-jl8yq]

So it took 50 years to find out one person wow 🤯😳 who is smogling, that's must be 8th wonder of the world 🌍 😅

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

Will BbC give him an award?

[@elyrexo]

This will just get worse in the next 5 years under Labour. A mess.

[@nellinightshade3358]

Such a wickedly senseless loss of innocence and potential.

[@cathykinn4516]

Encouraged by the British Media especially the BBC to make the crossing.

[@williambuckley6695]

This goes to show just how bad the System really is 😢😢

[@user-we8gk7pe2s]

I thought our police had that job