Britain Arrests Three People in International Small Boat Migrant Smuggling Investigation

In this aerial image from a drone, an empty migrant dinghy floats off the beach at St Margaret's Bay after the occupants landed from France in Dover, England, on Sept. 11, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

British immigration officials arrested three people in simultaneous 6 a.m. raids in London on Tuesday as part of an international investigation into migrant smuggling by small boat.

In a government statement published on Wednesday, the Home Office and Immigration Enforcement said the three people were arrested on suspicion of “assisting unlawful immigration to the UK.”