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Starmer also promised his government would work with European partners to share intelligence data, and expertise and put the gangs out of business. Importantly, the British Prime Minister said that any effort to reverse migration should tackle it at source.
After pronouncing the shelling of the Kigali asylum proposal, the newly elected British Prime Minister seeks to evolve the country’s approach to illegal migration. Keir Starmer announced £84m (or about USD 108m) in funding to tackle illegal migration. However, he did not spell out how the resources would be deployed or provide details of the plan.
The PM was recently speaking at the fourth European Political Community summit held in south-western England tackling migration, the war in Ukraine, and energy security.
Starmer also promised his government would work with European partners to share intelligence data, and expertise and put the gangs out of business. Importantly, the British Prime Minister said that any effort to reverse migration should tackle it at source. The other day, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed the same views at a meeting in Libya.
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Dwelling further, Starmer said that the announced £84m will be used for projects across Africa and the Middle East. That includes humanitarian and health support, skills training, help with job opportunities, and access to education. In the year ending March 2024, there were 38,546 irregular arrivals to the United Kingdom.
