"Premium package, no camp, no prison, 40 minutes by speedboat", The Sun infiltrates Albanian traffickers: £11,000 per person, arrive safely in England

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"Premium package, no camp, no prison, 40 minutes by speedboat", The

People smugglers have launched Premium service trips for migrants to enter the UK.

They are promising to avoid staying in the centers of "hell."

The Sun writes that Albanian traffickers are now offering a package of £11,000 per person, which includes a 40-minute speedboat trip from Belgium, with no risk of being jailed on arrival.

They also promise access to lawyers who will help migrants avoid camps or speedy deportation.

A source in contact with the gangs told The Sun: “Migrants' main concern now is finding themselves crammed into horrible camps and not being able to leave.

"But the gangs are now offering a premium service that they say avoids it, and some people are willing to pay the price."

Traffickers typically pay between £3,500 and £5,000 to transport Albanians across the Channel, where Border Force officers on standby send them to camps.

But the premium service is a response to growing alarm at reports of appalling conditions at overcrowded camps such as Manston in Ramsgate, Kent.

They also want to get money before winter closes in and makes crossing the Channel even more dangerous. An ad on TikTok says: “40 minute speedboat trip from Belgium to the UK. Best price.”

"Don't risk your life on the boat. We ensure safe passage, so as not to spend a single day in the camp."

A Sun investigator texted one of the gang asking for details, and he said: “You don't go to a detention centre. One hour journey. Price £11,000 per person.”

Asked if people had already used the road, the trafficker replied: “100 percent. On Thursday and Friday last week we sent people."

Another TikTok ad offered passage from an EU country to the UK, with a biometric passport and an escort, for £15,000.

Profitable trade has become easy as Albanians are allowed to stay visa-free for up to 90 days in any EU Schengen area country, such as Belgium.

The influx of migrants means a record 40,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year.

Interior Secretary Suella Braverman called it "an invasion"


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