‘Unacceptable’ to have people smuggler living in county, says MP

A Leicestershire MP says it is “utterly unacceptable” that a convicted people smuggler, once described as the “godfather” of French migrant camps, is living in the county and believed to be seeking asylum while working illegally.A BBC investigation traced Twana Jamal to Blaby and found two mini-marts linked to him. South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa, whose constituency office is next door to one of the shops, said he had contacted Leicestershire Police to ask what the force intends to do with the information and would be raising the issue with the Home Office.”Let’s be clear this man should not be in Blaby, should not be in this country,” he said.The Conservative MP has urged the people of Blaby to stay away from the shops linked to Jamal.”He is a convicted human trafficker and the fact that he’s come to our home, to Blaby, in our local community, and is exploiting the system by working apparently illegally because he doesn’t have any settled status here, is utterly unacceptable,” he said.”The fact that he’s actually opened a business next door to a member of parliament’s constituency office speaks volumes about the character of this individual.”