32 h. ago Starmer accused of ‘abject failure’ as people smuggling arrests fall under Labour

National Crime Agency arrests for people smuggling went down last year, as the new Labour government promised more resources to target immigration crime.

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4 d. ago Wembley Stadium investigates claim people were smuggled into Oasis shows without tickets

Fans have claimed they were able to get in using the same ticket after being told to use a disabled entrance, where they were handed VIP wristbands

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1 week ago Ministers to spend extra £100m on stopping small boat crossings to UK

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotelsMinisters will spend an extra £100m on measures to deter Channel crossings, including on the planned “one in, one out” returns agreement with France, the Home Office has said.In a third immigration policy pledge within 24 hours, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the money would pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers, as well as new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on people-smuggling gangs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago People smuggling gang who loaded terrified migrants as young as five inside locked trailers and shipped them from UK to France are jailed for 70 years

Videos were found on the phone of Algerian Azize Benaniba, 41, the head of the gang, of terrified families screaming for help.

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3 w. ago Starmer praises German plans to ‘strengthen’ laws to tackle small boats

Speaking on a visit to an Airbus plant in Stevenage, Sir Keir welcomed German commitments to tackling people-smuggling gangs.

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3 w. ago Migrant boats head to UK as Starmer set to meet German leader to discuss people smuggling gangs

People crammed into inflatable dinghies were handed life jackets by French authorities as they left from Gravelines to make the dangerous journey across the English Channel

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4 w. ago People smuggler who trafficked adults and children into Britain claimed he shouldn't be deported because 'it would be too disruptive for his daughter'

Miklovan Bazegurore is wanted by authorities in Ghent where he was previously sentenced to five years in jail for his part of a human trafficking ring.

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