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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Germany to tighten criminal law as people-smuggling ‘action plan’ agreed with UK

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper signed the agreement on Monday (PA) - (PA Wire)

Germany has pledged to tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute people-smugglers enabling small-boat crossings to Britain, as the two countries signed a new deal aimed at tackling immigration crime.

Berlin confirmed plans to reform its legal framework make it a clear criminal offence to “facilitate the smuggling of migrants to the UK” as part of the agreement, the Home Office said.

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