The UK government introduced legislation Thursday designed to give law enforcement officials "counter-terror style powers" to break up gangs bringing irregular migrants across the Channel in flimsy boats.

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New criminal offences to disrupt people smugglers set out in border Bill

Border officials will also get powers to seize migrants' phones, under new laws unveiled by the Home Office.

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New crime of endangering lives to target small boat crossings

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase trafficking

The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over small boats child detention plans

Yvette Cooper has announced new laws as sources revealed the biggest boat detected crossing the Channel had a staggering 120 people on board.

Daily Express

Reach plc

Massive migration shake-up as small boat arrivals face 'five years in prison'

TORIES were in turmoil tonight after Dame Priti Patel defended their record of eye-watering immigration. Kemi Badenoch brutally slapped down her Shadow Foreign Secretary for championing the party’s handling of the issue – which saw arrivals spike to historic levels. 
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3 Immigration spiked under successive Tory governments Appearing on The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show, Dame Priti tried to…

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Watch Priti Patel as she’s confronted with proof migration soared while SHE was Home Secretary – sparking Kemi slapdown

New border security Bill will also make it illegal to supply boat parts or life jackets suspected of being for use by people-smuggling gangs

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David and Frederick Barclay

Migrants who delay rescues until they reach British waters to face five years in jail

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the new laws will ‘turbocharge efforts to smash the gangs’ smuggling migrants across the Channel

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New laws to make endangering lives at sea a crime in bid to stop small boat crossings

The UK government refused to commit to reducing the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats even as ministers put forward new legislation designed to do just that.

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Michael Bloomberg

The Vanguard Group

Howard Buffett

BlackRock

United States

UK Refuses to Set Target on Small Boats as New Laws Introduced

The Government is expected to seek to bring the measures into force as soon as possible once the legislation is approved by MPs and Lords.

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Government of France

France

UK unveils 'counter-terror style' police powers to stop migrants

A new Border security Bill will deliver on Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to “reduce” illegal migration using counter terror style powers, with results of this year, Yvette Cooper has told GBNews

UK unveils 'counter-terror style' police powers to stop migrants

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