launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times . the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. albanians who ve already travelled from their home country to mainland europe, account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england so far this year. that s according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says
in a week that s been dominated by news about the immigration system, the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground offering to pay the passage of people who are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has this report. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp.
for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty cafes leftovers of an exodus that s spiked this year. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped, the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now
albanians who ve already travelled from their home country to mainland europe account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england so far this year, according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty cafes
on a rental market that s already under strain and causing stress for millions of renters as they try to survive. and you can find more information, support and advice online at the cost of living section of the bbc news website. there s also a mortgage calculator to work out how much your payments could rise. we are we a re really we are really keen to appear deliver cohere from people this morning about their rent bills, mortgages, we are really keen to hear from people about their rent bills, mortgages, how it is affecting them. albanians account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who have crossed the channel in small boats so far this year, according to the latest government figures. albanian drug gangs are thought to be using migrant camps in northern france to recruit people to work in the uk drugs industry, by offering to pay for their journey. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk g