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Channel migrants: Vietnamese smugglers selling ‘priority’ service

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Vietnamese migrants are paying double the usual rate for an 'elite' small boat smuggling experience.

As the death toll in the Channel hits a record level this year , there are some indications that it might be safer too.

As part of our work to penetrate the Vietnamese operations, we met an experienced smuggler who is operating in the UK .

Not a single Vietnamese was among the dozens of migrants confirmed to have died while trying to cross the Channel.

In October , a Vietnamese migrant did die in one incident, in what has now become the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings.

The Vietnamese do not control the crossings themselves, which are largely overseen by a handful of Iraqi Kurdish gangs.

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informal

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English

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