Labour proposes treating people-smuggling on par with terrorism
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to treat people-smuggling as a major security threat and strengthen measures to prevent small boat crossings if Labour wins the next general election. The party aims to reach a new agreement with the EU to share real-time intelligence similar to the Schengen Information System II. Sir Keir believes that the government's failure to tackle criminal smuggling gangs orchestrating boat crossings should be considered on par with climate change, hostile foreign powers, and terrorism.