US EditionNew Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to Host Talks on People Smuggling in First Major Engagement
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood convenes Five Eyes allies to combat people smuggling as Channel crossings reach 30,100 in 2025, a 37% increase from last year, according to Home Office data.
- The new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will host talks on stopping people smuggling in her first major engagement.
- Mahmood will host the Five Eyes security alliance, discussing measures to tackle child sexual abuse online and synthetic opioid spread.
- Over 1,000 migrants arrived in Britain on a single day, with Mahmood saying the numbers were 'utterly unacceptable' and that migrant returns under a French deal would begin 'imminently'.
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More than 30,000 people have already crossed the English Channel to England in small boats this year. The new Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood called the figures "absolutely unacceptable" and plans a sharper course. Nigel Farage speaks of an "invasion".
This year, some 30,000 migrants have arrived in the UK via the English Channel.
New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as Channel crossings top 30,000
Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary
This year, as many migrants could get to Britain by boat as never before. 30,000 have been overburdened so far – much more than at the same time in 2024.
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