- Title: Dispatches: How To Break Into Britain
- Date: 9th June 2002
- Summary: As immigration tops the agenda both at home and in Europe,Dispatches investigates just how easy it is to break into Britain. Whether travelling in style with forged papers or arriving literally on the back of a lorry there are plenty of ways to illegally enter Britain and plenty of people willing to help - at the right price. The Dispatches team film at the controversial Sangatte centre in France and meet members of a people smuggling network.
- Description:As immigration tops the agenda both at home and in Europe,Dispatches investigates just how easy it is to break into Britain. Whether travelling in style with forged papers or arriving literally on the back of a lorry there are plenty of ways to illegally enter Britain and plenty of people willing to help - at the right price. The Dispatches team film at the controversial Sangatte centre in France and meet members of a people smuggling network. Amidst the genuine asylum seekers they uncover the tactics used by illegal immigrants,from bribing lorry drivers to identifying the best vehicles to hide in and discover what some of the successful immigrants do once they arrive in Britain. Dispatches also reveals other routes in Britain and how the authorities attempt to stop the flow of illegal immigrants with official searches at Dover and Calais.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Unspecified
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:09/06/2002
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 2000s