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30 Jan 2025

New ‘counter-terror style’ powers to tackle small boat gangs says Home Office

Senior Political Correspondent

Border officials will be given new powers to go after people-smuggling gangs, to crack down on small boat crossings in the Channel.

The Tories have dismissed the new bill introduced by the Home Office as “minor tinkering”, and lacking a “real deterrent”.