Watch: Secret filming shows Channel gang associates take payment at UK station
Published: 8/5/2025

Secret filming at Birmingham's New Street Station in the UK reveals associates of a violent smuggling gang collecting cash payments for securing migrant spots on small boats. The undercover investigation by BBC News, led by correspondent Andrew Harding, exposes the French operations and UK connections of the gang facilitating illegal Channel crossings. Additionally, reporters posing as migrants gained access to the gang's forest hideout in northern France, where armed battles between rival groups intensify.