Yesterday's story was shocking - 27 Vietnamese brought in a delapidated yacht into Newlyn by people smugglers.
You'd think that there would be widespread press coverage of the case today as it is such an appalling story. A 16-year prison sentence overall for the four men who did this doesn't sound much: they'll spend about half of this time actually in prison.
But - in fact - there isn't much coverage. This story is commonplace enough not to make national headlines in any significant way.
The Guardian - Four jailed over 'cattle-like' Cornwall people-smuggling operation ... Whoever ran the operation overall remains unknown and at large, according to the report.
There's a short piece on BBC Cornwall - Men jailed after 29 immigrants found in van
And the west country ITV report is interesting as it has a spokesman for the anti-slavery movement explaining just how common this is .... Four men jailed after smuggling people 'like cattle' into Newlyn
You'd think that there would be widespread press coverage of the case today as it is such an appalling story. A 16-year prison sentence overall for the four men who did this doesn't sound much: they'll spend about half of this time actually in prison.
But - in fact - there isn't much coverage. This story is commonplace enough not to make national headlines in any significant way.
The Guardian - Four jailed over 'cattle-like' Cornwall people-smuggling operation ... Whoever ran the operation overall remains unknown and at large, according to the report.
There's a short piece on BBC Cornwall - Men jailed after 29 immigrants found in van
And the west country ITV report is interesting as it has a spokesman for the anti-slavery movement explaining just how common this is .... Four men jailed after smuggling people 'like cattle' into Newlyn
