# @bbcnews on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews/video/7657837441050545430
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/74656493-bbcnews-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f2dc896534.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-02T08:00:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in an English village and claiming asylum while working illegally, a BBC investigation can reveal. The Home Office told us: "All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks”, and that the UK has "a number of agreements with countries which enable the sharing of criminal record information", adding that immigration enforcement action is currently at its highest level in history. #Asylum #Leicestershire #Investigation #Undercover #News #BBCNews

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- **Views:** 1,779,806
- **Likes:** 63,605
- **Shares:** 13,251
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## Tags

undercover, leicestershire, asylum, news, bbcnews, investigation

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