{
  "id": 17061983,
  "title": "Gang jailed after charging migrants $1,800 to be smuggled from UK to France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/gang-jailed-after-charging-migrants-1-800-to-be-smuggled-from-uk-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T12:17:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2026/10/29/gang-jailed-after-charging-migrants-1800-to-be-smuggled-from-uk-to-france/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A people-smuggling gang that charged migrants $1,800 each to be transported from the UK to France has been jailed for a total of more than 84 years. The criminals’ operation allowed migrants , who were mainly from Bangladesh , India and Pakistan , plus some from Nepal, to bypass EU border checks. The migrants had arrived in the UK on legitimate visas, but paid to be smuggled into France so they…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}