Getting tougher is first big step

ALL over the world, irregular migration is soaring as factors like war and climate change drive people from their homes.

- DAVID LAMMY

And all over the world, governments are looking for ways to stop the numbers surging. Any credible plan starts with more pressure on smugglers.

They are the ones risking vulnerable lives, and the ones raking in the profits.

In foreign policy, we often use sanctions to ramp up pressure on others.

We've already seen how effective our sanctions have been in disrupting cyber crime and hitting Putin's war chest.