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Jitendra Joshi

Labour leader vows to go after ‘terrorist’ gang leaders behind people-smuggling boats

Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday said his plan for closer collaboration with the EU on migrants would break “vile” people-smuggling gangs in contrast to what he called Tory “gimmicks”.

On a visit to The Hague, the Labour leader denied he was plotting to reverse Brexit, and insisted that any returns agreement with the EU to redistribute asylum claimants would be secondary to action on law enforcement.

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