Lee West: Undercover in a French Migrant Camp and Making the Dangerous Channel Crossing in a Small Boat | British Thought Leaders
September 7, 2023
British Thought Leaders
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with ex-Royal Marines Commando and bestselling author Lee West.
Lee talks about going undercover in a French migrant camp. He spent a week among migrants planning to illegally cross the Channel to England, before crossing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes himself in a small boat.
Lee talks about living homeless in research for his book, what life was like as a highly-trained solider in Iraq and Afghanistan, and why leaving the military just before the COVID lockdowns was one of the most difficult experiences of his life.
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