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People smuggler convicted in France now seeking asylum in UK, BBC discovers
Key takeaways
- Figure caption, "I never, I never": Watch Twana Jamal's reaction when BBC confronts him about people smuggling.
- Twana Jamal was given a five-year jail sentence in France in 2016, where authorities described him as one of the most successful people smugglers ever caught.
- Prosecutors said the Iraqi Kurd, aged 36 at the time, had earned up to £100,000 a week for moving illegal immigrants across the Channel.
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Figure caption, "I never, I never": Watch Twana Jamal's reaction when BBC confronts him about people smuggling. A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in Leicestershire and believed to be seeking asylum while working illegally, a BBC investigation can reveal.
Twana Jamal was given a five-year jail sentence in France in 2016, where authorities described him as one of the most successful people smugglers ever caught.
Prosecutors said the Iraqi Kurd, aged 36 at the time, had earned up to £100,000 a week for moving illegal immigrants across the Channel.
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