{"id":89414,"date":"2026-05-19T10:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89414"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:21:59","slug":"the-uk-firms-accused-of-bankrolling-small-boat-migrant-smugglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/19\/the-uk-firms-accused-of-bankrolling-small-boat-migrant-smugglers\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK firms accused of bankrolling small boat migrant smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA23xUuE.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Migrants Attempt Channel Crossing In Small Boats\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People smugglers are directing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/english-channel-migrant-crossings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">migrants<\/a>\u00a0to pay for illegal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/english-channel-migrant-crossings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Channel crossings<\/a> using a network of UK-registered businesses, according to an undercover investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/travel\/news\/the-uk-firms-accused-of-bankrolling-small-boat-migrant-smugglers\/ar-AA23xX20?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6a0c384fdb5e4e0bb99a7167704a13ec&amp;ei=51\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>People smugglers are directing\u00a0migrants\u00a0to pay for illegal\u00a0Channel crossings using a network of UK-registered businesses, according to an undercover investigation. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/migrants-sprint.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89415,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89414\/revisions\/89415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}