Labour Will Use MI5 to Tackle Illegal Immigrant Boat Gangs: Starmer

The Labour Party will create a new multi-agency Border Security Command to tackle people smuggling gangs bringing illegal immigrants across the English Channel. Hundreds of police officers, intelligence agents, and specialist investigators from agencies including MI5, the National Crime Agency, and Border Force will support the proposed Border Security Command, according to a statement published on Labour’s website on Friday. The command will use “counter-terror style tactics” and liaise with European partners, the party said, to break the people smuggling business model. The plans include new border control stop and search procedures built on powers created by the Terrorism Act 2000, along with new financial investigation powers and search and seizure warrants....