PM: Illegal migration 'Makes me angry'

PM: Illegal migration ‘Makes me angry’ – UK a soft touch

Sir Keir Strmer said he was shocked by lack of coordination between police, Border Force and intelligence agencies on illegal migration.

He said that under the last government not enough coordination between the police, Border Force and the intelligence services.

Sir Keir Starmer said poor organisation meant the UK was “a soft touch” on illegal migration, which smugglers took as an “open invitation”.

“We inherited this total fragmentation between our policing, our Border Force and our intelligence agencies.

A fragmentation that made it crystal clear, when I looked at it. Gaps in our defence, an open invitation at our borders for the people smugglers to crack on.

To be honest, it should have been fixed years ago”.

The prime minister made the case for tackling illegal migration like terrorism as he spoke at the first ever Organised Immigration Crime Summit in London. More than 40 countries alongside tech giants like Meta, X and TikTok attended.

The Conservatives said the conference “will make no difference” and only Rwanda-style deportations would stop illegal migration.