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Fragmentation an 'open invitation' to smugglers

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April 01, 2025

PEOPLE smugglers were given an "open invitation" to send migrants to the UK because the police and intelligence agencies were not working together, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Fragmentation an 'open invitation' to smugglers

The Prime Minister said he was "angry" about the scale of illegal migration as he convened a summit involving 40 countries to address the problem.

The start of 2025 has seen the highest number of people making small-boat crossings for the first three months of a year on record, but the PM insisted his approach to the problem with international allies was starting to bear fruit.

Opening the summit at Lancaster House, he said: "Illegal migration is a massive driver of global insecurity. It undermines our ability to control who comes here, and that makes people angry.

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