People Smugglers Should Face Same Fate as Suspected Terrorists, Immigration Court Rules

Senior judges rejected an appeal from two Afghan nationals over their British citizenship being revoked after they were accused of people smuggling.

A man being detained as part of Operation Punjum in an undated file photo. Dozens of arrests have been made in what police believe is the biggest international operation to crack down on criminal gangs suspected of people-smuggling across the Channel. A slew of raids took place in the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, as part of a joint operation coordinated by Europol with Eurojust, the European Union's criminal justice cooperation agency. National Crime Agency

People smugglers should be treated the same as terror suspects, Britain’s highest immigration court has ruled.

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) made the judgement after rejecting an appeal brought forward by two suspected ringleaders of a human trafficking network over a decision to revoke their citizenship.