However, these jobs are being ‘sold’ for huge fees, and covers the cost of dangerous routes - we even found some openly admitting that their services are entirely illegal.
The people who enquire about jobs are expected to borrow money from loan sharks charging huge interest rates so they can afford to travel now. In some cases, the smugglers offer the loans themselves, or offer an introduction.
This creates a ‘debt bondage’ - those being smuggled will be expected to work illegally, both during the journey and after they arrive at their destination, until the debt is cleared.
We found evidence of smugglers promising that it will be “easy” to earn several thousand pounds a month working in nail bars in the UK, so clearing the debt will be done swiftly. They say that within a few years it will be possible to send life-changing sums of cash home to family in Vietnam.
In an opinion piece for The Guardian, prominent Hong Kong activist Nathan Law revealed that he has applied for UK asylum. Earlier this month, workpermit.com reported that Mr Law, along with fellow activist Beatrice Li, had met with UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel ahead of the launch of the BNO visa, exclusively for Hong Kong residents.
Mr Law, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has an arrest warrant against him in Hong Kong. Writing for The Guardian, Mr Law said that he has chosen to seek asylum in the UK in the ‘hope of raising the alarm over threats to democracy in Europe from China.’
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UK ready to discuss Nawaz extradition but no deportation
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December 16, 2020
LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s advisor on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.
UK ready to discuss Nawaz’s extradition but no deportation
Top Story
December 16, 2020
LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.