{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/6a8da6e6d477524f47a0d47e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Undercover on a migrant dinghy: French police help the smugglers","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1787667962594-de190e3a-8513-4686-8832-838713e26efb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In Tuesday’s episode of <em>The Daily T</em>, Camilla Tominey speaks with investigative journalist Isabel Oakeshott and undercover reporter Christian Drogan following their year-long operation to infiltrate people-smuggling networks in northern France.</p><p><br></p><p>Christian describes his seven-hour <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/25/tricked-my-way-onboard-migrant-dinghy-france-uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">journey across the English Channel</a> alongside 35 migrants, revealing how armed gangs operated with near impunity in French camps and migrants discarded their phones at sea to avoid detection.</p><p><br></p><p>Isabel details the security risks and planning required to get a British reporter on to a migrant dinghy, and describes the Channel crossings as a “national security emergency” that is not represented accurately by official figures.</p><p><br></p><p>We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X</p><p><br></p><p>► Subscribe to our new Daily T YouTube channel: youtube.com/@dailytpodcast</p><p><br></p><p>► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Telegraph is the Publisher Podcast Awards' Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p>Producer: David Levene</p><p>Social Producer: Nada Aggour</p><p>Video Producer: Jim Spencer</p><p>Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman</p><p>Editor: Camilla Tominey</p><p><br></p><p>Highlights:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Isabel explains why the migrant crisis is a 'National security emergency'</li><li>Christian recounts his story and the harrowing tale of crossing the Channel on a dinghy</li><li>The French Police are accused of helping the smugglers back to shore.</li></ul>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}