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UK Channel smugglers still profiting as 'one in, one out' ends

About thirty asylum seekers were waiting on one French beach as the UK scheme ended; the smuggler still beat the policy.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on Weekend Edition
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOn a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer, a smuggler uses a small shovel to dig a dinghy out of a dune.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe assembles it and fits the motor in record time.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAbout thirty asylum seekers wait nearby. The Guardian reports that Britain's one in, one out scheme is ending, and the crossings are not.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA shovel. That's the whole supply chain?

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA shovel, a dune and a motor. Meanwhile, two governments have spent years on a policy that still has not stopped him.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the guy with the shovel is outperforming two countries. Somebody give him a spreadsheet.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe people waiting describe French police aggression and hostile welcomes on both sides. They still want to cross.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentStill?

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorStill. The smugglers keep profiting, and the ministers keep announcing.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWho's the smuggler's boss, though? Is there an app?

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFinding that out is the entire problem, Kenji. The shovel is the easy part.

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