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Keir Starmer vows to stop people-smuggling gangs with tactics used to jail rioters

Prime minister held a summit attended by National Crime Agency, Border Force and senior ministers

Keir Starmer has pledged to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer.

Following a meeting with law enforcement agencies and cabinet ministers on plans to stop small boats crossing the Channel on Friday, the prime minister said that the “high-level summit” mirrored the approach taken after disturbances fuelled by far-right activists.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Prime minister held a summit attended by National Crime Agency, Border Force and senior ministersKeir Starmer has pledged to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer.Following a meeting with law enforcement agencies and cabinet ministers on plans to stop small boats crossing the Channel on Friday, the prime minister said that the “high-level summit” mirrored the approach taken after disturbances fuelled by far-right activists. Continue reading…