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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jill Lawless

UK leader Starmer tells Interpol he will treat people-smuggling gangs like terrorists

Britain Politics - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will double funding for Britain’s border security agency and treat people-smuggling gangs like terror networks in an attempt to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

In a speech Monday to a meeting of the international police organization Interpol, Starmer will say the gangs behind irregular migration are a serious threat to global security.

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