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Government pledges extra £100m funding to tackle people smuggling
UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 3 – The funding will add 300 National Crime Agency officers and new technology to combat smuggling networks responsible for over 25,000 migrant Channel crossings in 2025, officials said.
- The Home Office announced £100 million in extra funding on Sunday to intensify efforts against people-smuggling gangs in the English Channel in 2025.
- The increase supports a pilot 'one in, one out' returns agreement with France and follows record-breaking small boat crossings topping 25,000 this year so far.
- This funding will provide resources for as many as 300 new officers within the National Crime Agency, along with advanced technology, to enhance efforts against smuggling networks currently under investigation in 91 active NCA cases.
- Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, stated that the initiative aims to improve efforts to monitor and dismantle criminal gangs, while critics from the Conservative and Reform UK parties dismissed the plan as a futile attempt to gain publicity.
- The investment suggests a strengthened UK strategy to dismantle smuggling operations, yet political opposition and ongoing high crossing numbers indicate persistent challenges ahead.
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