More bad publicity for UK GA in the press today
All the UK tabloids carrying this story today suggesting UK private pilots tempted by big cash.
Former UK Border Force boss Tony Smith quoted....
‘Some migrants are prepared to pay more to guarantee getting to the UK. It costs a lot of money to run a small aircraft.’
Smuggling gangs charging up to £900 a seat to fly illegal immigrants into the UK as two British pilots are arrested ‘for flying in 14 Albanians’
* Feared hundreds of migrants are planning to use planes to enter the country
* British pilots arrested after allegedly trying to fly in 14 Albanians from Holland
* Their aircraft is one of at least three that has been stopped by officials
Approximately 30 airstrips in the South East are thought to be particularly vulnerable to smugglers, because they have no protection from over-stretched border officials.
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Gangs charging £900 to fly illegal immigrants into the UK | Daily Mail Online
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Smugglers flying migrants into UK 'and charging £900 for GUARANTEED entry' | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Last edited by Mike Flynn; 31st Jul 2017 at 08:00.