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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Keir Starmer vows to stop people-smuggling gangs with tactics used to jail rioters

Keir Starmer at the National Crime Agency headquarters
Keir Starmer said he wanted to ‘retake control of our borders, take these gangs down’ after the meeting at the National Crime Agency headquarters. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has pledged to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer.

After a meeting with law enforcement agencies and cabinet ministers to discuss plans to stop small boats crossing the Channel on Friday, the prime minister said that the “high-level summit” mirrored the approach taken after disturbances fuelled by far-right activists.

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