Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ threats sparked a ‘now or never’ rush of young Albanians making the perilous journey across the channel, researchers have been told.
Criminal gangs are said to have piled pressure on youngsters to come to the UK before the crackdown takes effect.
And they also used the death of the Queen and the ousting of Boris Johnson to offer young men “once in a lifetime” special deals to cross the channel, claiming the journey would be safer while UK politicians were distracted by major events.
