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“I told them that there’s a little girl asleep in the van, at which point all hell broke loose.â€

In October 2015, the British aid volunteer, Rob Lawrie agreed to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl out of a refugee encampment in Calais and into Britain to meet relatives, with the blessing of her father.

He explains what happened to him after he was caught and detained by French border Police.

First broadcast on The Untold, 2 May 2016.

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3 minutes