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Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

People smugglers to be 'treated like terrorists' in small boats crackdown, vows Keir Starmer

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover - (PA Wire)

People smugglers who traffic migrants into Britain will be treated like terrorists in a Government crackdown on small boat crossings, the Prime Minister announced on Monday.

Sir Keir Starmer said tackling the gangs who are paid thousands of pounds to bring people to the UK was his "personal mission".

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