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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

Home Office gives extra £100m for plans to smash people-smuggling gangs

Labour is seeking to deter smuggling gangs in a bid to bring down small boat crossings (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Home Office is giving £100 million of extra funding to support the pilot of the new “one in, one out” returns agreement between the UK and France and other efforts to crack down on small boat crossings.

The cash will also pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency (NCA) officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs.

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