David Blunkett Told Tony Blair UK was Considered ‘Easy Touch’ by Traffickers

David Blunkett Told Tony Blair UK was Considered ‘Easy Touch’ by Traffickers
Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends an event at Thomson Reuters in London on Oct. 11, 2018. Reuters/Simon Dawson/File Photo
Chris Summers
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Britain was considered an “easy touch” by people traffickers and the facilitators of illegal immigration in 2002, according to classified government files which have just been released.

In January 2002 the then home secretary, David Blunkett, wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair about discussions with the French government about the closure of the Sangatte refugee camp, near Calais.

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