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Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges growing migrant numbers and pledges to dismantle people-smuggling networks with new Border Security Command.
- Migrant crossings to the UK have increased by 10% compared to last year, with over 14,000 arrivals so far in 2024.
- French police were seen observing migrants departing from Normandy beaches without intervention.
- The Labour government has cancelled the previous administration's Rwanda deportation policy, calling it ineffective.
- Prime Minister Starmer emphasizes the need to 'smash the gangs' but warns that the crisis may worsen before it improves.
- A new Border Security Command will integrate multiple agencies to combat organized immigration crime.
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