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Labour minister admits the number of small boat crossings under Starmer is ‘unacceptable’

Baroness Smith, a former home secretary, said the record numbers of people making the dangerous journey showed how embedded criminal gangs became under the previous government

Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, now an education minister, said criminal gangs were allowed to become entrenched under the Conservative government.

Home Office data shows 474 migrants arrived yesterday in eight small boats bringing the total to over 50,000

Baroness Jacqui Smith insisted the number of people crossing the Channel was not the current government’s fault

The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

The UK said Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

The first migrants to cross the English Channel have been detained under a new 'one in, one out' deal. The detentions began on Wednesday, the initial day the pilot scheme became active, for people arriving in Dover. The agreement, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel…

People detained after arriving in small boat expected to be returned within three weeks, says Home Office

Multiple people are understood to have been detained under the new ‘one in, one out’ deal after crossing the English Channel

The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.