Keir Starmer says illegal immigration should be treated like terrorism

Illegal immigration must be treated like terrorism on a global scale if it to be cut, Sir Keir Starmer warned today.

The Labour PM used an international summit in London to demand greater action against criminal gangs profiting from trafficking large numbers of people, including across the Channel.

The PM, who is under pressure over record numbers making the journey from the continent so far this year, said the scale of the problem 'makes me angry, frankly, because it's unfair on ordinary working people who pay the price'.

He also took a swipe at the Tories, branding the Rwanda deportation scheme a 'gimmick' and revealing 24,000 foreign nationals have been deported since he became PM - the most for eight years.

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