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Drones and AI used to stop Iranian agents being smuggled into UK

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Drones and AI have been used to thwart Iranian spies disguised as migrants arriving in the UK via people-smuggling routes controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), it has been reported. The Home Office has used surveillance watchtowers fitted with the technology in an attempt to prevent the disguised Iranians from entering the country. Some of those intercepted are suspected of links to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Since migrants began crossing the English Channel to Britain in small boats in significant numbers in 2018, more than 30,000 Iranians have arrived. Iranian-run people-smuggling networks are responsible for transporting regime-linked individuals across Europe and into Britain, Tehran officials told The Telegraph . Some of these routes running between the Middle East and the English Channel are “owned” by the IRGC , they said. The IRGC was recently designated a threat to the British state under new anti- terrorism style powers. Also designate

First report: Iran accused of smuggling spies into Britain as small boat migrants crossing the English Channel — dailymail.co.uk, 17d