On the occasion of the broadcast of a new, unpublished issue of the magazine Enquête exclusive presented by Bernard de la Villardière on Sunday January 14, 2024, from 11:15 p.m. on M6, Télé Star reveals the theme of the program scheduled for this week.
Former presenter of the show Restricted zone on M6Bernard de la Villardière has been at the helm of a weekly magazine on the channel directed by Nicolas de Tavernost since 2005. The journalist is in fact the face of the Exclusive Investigation show, broadcast every Sunday in the 2nd part of the evening, after Capital or Zone Interdite. Within this program, Bernard de La Villardière travels the whole world with the magazine’s teams, to address all political, economic, social and cultural themes. Each number is consisting of a unique investigative report. Sunday January 14, 2024, Bernard de La Villardière a new, unpublished issue of Exclusive Investigation from 11:15 p.m., which will be dedicated to migrants.
“Every night for more than five years, hundreds of refugees have tried to cross the sea from the French coast to England. In 2023, there were still 30,000 of them reaching the United Kingdom on extremely dangerous makeshift boats. Drownings are frequent and deaths are piling up, around ten in recent months. And no one has forgotten the tragedy of November 2021 which left 27 dead, including several children. Migrants ready for anything, and a lucrative business for the smugglers who organize these crossings. For more than a year, our journalists investigated this sector which brings in tens of millions of euros each year to criminal organizations.“, indicated M6 in a press release.
Exclusive investigation: migrants crossing the Channel at the heart of the next issue
“They infiltrated a camp by posing as migrants. During their investigation, they traced the small boats that allow these clandestine crossings. Delivered as a kit directly to the beach, these boats are quickly inflated before setting sail. Our journalists were also able to accompany the border police who crisscross the coasts, on the ground and in the sky, to intercept groups of migrants and challenge smugglers. They notably filmed the work of justice, during the trial of a network of smugglers at the judicial court of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais). According to investigators, this network would have generated the sum of one million euros by organizing thirteen crossings“, added the channel.
“Our team also investigated in England in order to understand why are refugees willing to do anything to reach the British Isles? What do they discover when they set foot on what they consider to be the promised land? There are beautiful stories, like that of Imad Al Arnab. This Syrian, who arrived in the United Kingdom in 2015 without a penny in his pocket, is today at the head of one of the trendiest restaurants in London. But Imad’s journey is an exception. Another Syrian, Yasser, who arrived in 2022, finds himself stuck in a hotel requisitioned by the British authorities. His asylum application has still not been processed. And in the meantime, he is prohibited from working. Because in England, immigration has become the hottest political subject of the moment. The Conservative government continues to tighten the rules for asylum seekers. As evidenced by ‘Bibby Stockholm’, a floating barge moored in Portland, a remote port in Englandand intended to accommodate refugees awaiting the study of their file“, finally concluded M6.