good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has found that albanian drug gangs are offering to pay for migrants to cross the english channel, if they are prepared to work in the uk drugs industry when they arrive. gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground. there s been a sharp rise in the number of albanians crossing the channel in small boats this year. they now account for around a third of the almost 40,000 people who have landed on england s beaches this year. lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana ar
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. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighborhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like laknas in albania now. majlinda s son crossed to the uk from dunkirk last month. translation: he was a seasonall worker working four months a year for minimal salary in a kitchen. he had more expectations fo
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Programme. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Were also talking about the british is fighter who died in that Suicide Bomb Attack on iraqi forces in mosul this week. He was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who received, it is reported, £1 million in compensation, taxpayers money, your money, on his release back to the uk. Well be asking if the money was spent on terror and how he was able to travel abroad. Heres how to get in touch. Use Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, a ruling expected later this morning at the Supreme Court could mean that thousands of british citizens gain the legal right to bring their foreign spouse to live in the uk. Currently, people who are married to a briton but are from outside the European Economic area that is, the eu plus iceland, liechtenstein and norway, have been barred from settling here unless their partner earns more than £18,600 a year. Lisa hampele is here t