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Ukrainian-style visa system would end Channel deaths and destroy smugglers overnight, PCS says
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, March 6th 2025

A UKRAINIAN-STYLE visa system would prevent deaths in the Channel and destroy smuggling gangs overnight, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said.

Britain’s largest Civil Service union and refugee charity Care4Calais launched a new report to lobby politicians to provide a humanitarian alternative to small boat crossings in Parliament last night.

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