Channel smuggling gangs resort to 'mega-dinghies' as crackdown limits small boat supply - BBC News

Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found. 

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The BBC watched groups of migrants boarding an inflatable dinghy on the Gravelines beach in northern France

A drop in small boats illegally reaching the UK is forcing people smuggling gangs to adopt new tactics, a BBC investigation has found.

And there are claims of more "mega-dinghies" being prepared, of the type seen arriving on UK shores in recent weeks.

The image of a 15-metre long small boat carrying a record 230 migrants towards the UK drew condemnation from both newspapers and politicians.