LABOUR will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats, Keir Starmer is…
LABOUR will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats, Keir Starmer is set to announce on Friday.leader will set out his party’s plans to tackle the small boats crisis if it wins the general election.
The new Border Security Command would bring together agencies including the National Crime Agency, Immigration Enforcement and MI5, while Labour will also pledge to hire hundreds of new specialist investigators to work across the UK and Welcoming Elphicke to the Labour Party, Starmer said: “What is the point of this failed Government staggering on when the Tory MP for Dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins Labour?”
This is up 32% on this time last year, when 6691 migrants were recorded, and a 14% rise compared with the same period in 2022 , according to PA news agency analysis of the data. “Instead of wasting time on legislation that bans the right to asylum and dehumanises people who simply need safety, there must be a fair, efficient and humane asylum system.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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