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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Starmer steps up fight on 'vile' human trafficking gangs as 32,000 cross Channel in 'small boats' this year

Sir Keir Starmer is vowing tougher action to “stamp out the vile trade” in human trafficking across the Channel as official figures showed nearly 32,000 people have crossed so far this year.

At an Interpol summit in Glasgow on Monday, the Prime Minister was set to announce that the new Government’s Border Security Command is set to see its funding doubled to £150 million.

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