Recruitment of a border security commander will begin on Monday, the Home Office said.
'My key priority is to strengthen Britain's border security, where I think we have been let down for too long', says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
The commander will be a “leader used to working in complex and challenging environments, for example at senior levels of policing, intelligence or the military” who will provide strategic direction to work across agencies, drawing together the work of the National Crime Agency, intelligence agencies, police, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force, to protect the country’s borders and go after the smuggling gangs facilitating small boat crossings, the department added.
The Border Security Command will draw on additional resources, with work to bring in more investigators, experts and analysts to tackle organised immigration crime starting on Monday, the Home Office added. “We can’t carry on like this. We need to tackle the root of the problem, going after these dangerous criminals and bringing them to justice.
“This is undermining our border security as well as having lives being put at risk. But that’s why we have to have a major upgrade in law enforcement and I have immediately started the work on that in the Home Office.” “And that is why I have immediately started work on this and why I am setting out the process now to get the Border Security Command in place.”
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper launches border security command to tackle small boat gangsRecruitment of a border security commander will begin on Monday, the Home Office said.
Read more »
Yvette Cooper: Elected in two Labour landslides - the home secretary that's back in the limelightA star under New Labour who was relegated to the backbenches under Jeremy Corbyn, Ms Cooper will now have a defining role in Sir Keir Starmer's new government.
Read more »
General Election LIVE: Cleverly and Cooper clash over Rwanda and immigration numbers in LBC exclusive debateHome Secretary James Cleverly and Labour's Yvette Cooper debated Rwanda, Bibby Stockholm, and immigration numbers.
Read more »
Home Sec Yvette Cooper launches Border Security Command to 'smash Channel gangs' as leader search beginsNew Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to launch the Border Security Command as part of the Labour government's plan to crack down on gangs smuggling migrants across the English Channel.
Read more »
BBC Question Time: Stephen Flynn and Yvette Cooper clash on migrationSTEPHEN Flynn and Yvette Cooper clashed with one another during a heated debate on migration on Thursday night’s Question Time...
Read more »
Yvette Cooper dismisses claims migrants are sitting in France 'waiting for Labour government'Yvette Cooper has dismissed claims repeated by James Cleverly that migrants in northern France are 'waiting for a Labour government'.
Read more »