Iain Macwhirter: Safe and legal routes are necessary and humane, but won't stop people smuggling

We don’t actually know how many people died last week in the open cemetery as the English Channel is now known. According to rescue services, many hapless boat people get swept off into an anonymous grave in the North Sea without anyone knowing about it. No-one informs the authorities when a boat has gone missing, certainly not the traffickers.

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