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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Starmer to announce new crackdown on people smugglers on visit to Albania

Sir Keir Starmer is set to increase co-operation with Albania on tackling illegal immigration and organised crime on a visit to the country on Thursday in yet another attempt to get a grip of the agenda and tackle the threat posed by Reform UK.

In the first official visit to Tirana by a British prime minister, Sir Keir and his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama are expected to agree measures to clamp down on people smuggling, the next step in Sir Keir’s major overhaul of the British immigration system.

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