by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the has announced. said from working on the now-abandoned scheme to staffing a new “returns and enforcement programme”. to “increase returns of those with no right to be here and to make sure rules are respected and enforced” and will see raids on businesses suspected of employing illegal workers ramped up.
Writing in The Sun on Sunday, Ms Cooper added: “ to intensify their operations over the summer, with a focus on employers who are fuelling the trade of criminal gangs by exploiting and facilitating illegal working here in the UK – including in car washes and in the beauty sector. “And we are drawing up new plans for fast track decisions and returns for safe countries.” has made border security one of its top priorities in government and has already taken steps to establish the Border Security Command promised in its manifesto.
Sir Keir Starmer also used this week’s European Political Community summit to discuss migration with fellow European leaders, and signalled he would be open to considering offshore processing arrangements similar to that between and Albania. But he has been criticised by for scrapping the Rwanda scheme on his first day in office, with opponents arguing it provided a necessary deterrent to those seeking to make the crossing. In her article, Ms Cooper acknowledged that tackling small boats would take time and require “hard graft not sticking plasters”.
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