Sophia Yan

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Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph

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Channel migrants enter UK in lorries while police ‘too focused on small boats’

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sophia Yan

Illegal migrants in Calais in 2020. It is harder to keep track of lorry arrivals than small boat crossings - Denis Charlet/AFP via GettyMigrants are sneaking into the UK in lorries while police are focused on small boats crossing the Channel, a watchdog has said. The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary said officials had missed opportunities to intercept illegal crossings while distracted.
Channel migrants enter UK in lorries while police 'too focused on small boats'

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan

But it is impossible to forecast what might come for the remainder of the year. In 2022, when the UK hit a record high of nearly 45,800 small boat arrivals, the numbers only began to spike around mid-July. While migrants crossing the Channel are easily recorded, lorry stowaways may reach the UK undetected.
Battle Lines: 'Russia is now but China is the long-term threat'

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey |Sophia Yan |Danielle Sheridan |Adelie Pojzman-Pontay

Will there be a Ukraine peace deal this year? What's it like to be a reporter in China? Is Labour too wishy-washy on defence? And which conflicts should we be paying more attention to? Venetia Rainey is joined by defence editor Danielle Sheridan, senior foreign correspondent Sophia Yan and Ukraine: The Latest host Adelie Pojzman-Pontay to discuss the biggest stories of the year so far.
Revealed: How people smuggling is arranged on the British high street

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Sophia Yan

Money exchange shops on Britain’s high streets are working directly with human smugglers who move migrants across the English Channel. An undercover investigation by Telegraph reporters found UK-registered money transfer shops working with global smuggling networks in order to evade police. One shop in Birmingham agreed to deposit cash into the accounts of a suspected smuggler when requested by reporters posing as foreign nationals with a relative in Calais.
How people smuggling is arranged on the British high street

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan |Akhtar Mohammad Makoii

Two undercover Telegraph reporters visited the shop under the pretence of making the payment. The premises was marked with a large red, black and white sign, and also sells mobile phone accessories, toiletries and snacks imported from the Middle East. Two brokers sat in the back, typing on keyboards, surrounded by highlighters and calculators, and protected behind glass screens. At least eight security cameras were counted inside the store.
Europe failing to smash people smuggling gangs

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Sophia Yan

European authorities under pressure to smash smuggling gangs are arresting migrants, journalists and advocates rather than criminals, according to a new report. Desperate to stem the flow of people, authorities have resorted to cracking down on those seeking safety and those offering migrants help, the report found.
Europe failing to smash people smuggling gangs

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan

The Balkans route to western Europe, too, has become more expensive, with smugglers charging up to 15,000 euros for a journey that used to cost a few hundred. The policy in Europe to "smash the gangs" is aimed at disrupting the business model of smugglers, but "what we see that's primarily doing is boosting the model of smugglers - the more difficult you make it, the more profitable the business will become," said Bram Frouws, the director of the Mixed Migration Centre, a research organisation.
Shameless Chinese firms advertise ‘inflatable boats for refugees’

1 month ago | msn.com | Sophia Yan |Nick Gutteridge

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Shameless Chinese firms advertise 'inflatable boats for refugees'

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan |Nick Gutteridge

The Telegraph understands that the Home Office is aware of such adverts and has been in talks with Chinese authorities about launching a crackdown. Last December the National Crime Agency revealed that it had begun discussions with Beijing about restricting the sale of dinghy engines to smugglers. Chinese officials attended a border security summit hosted in London last month, seen as a sign that the country is taking UK demands seriously.
British hotel chain 'violating sanctions' in China

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Yan

The Chinese government has also engaged in a campaign of cultural erasure, barring people from speaking their native languages and demolishing thousands of mosques and sacred shrines in Xinjiang. The suppression has spread to nearly every corner of China, with thousands more mosques torn down across the country. China has claimed the campaign is necessary to snuff out terrorism, and has sought to whitewash its human rights abuses with propaganda.