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UK Government Allocates £100 Million to Combat Smuggling Crisis

8/5/2025

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The UK government is set to allocate an extra £100 million to tackle the growing crisis of people smuggling and asylum seeker protests. Border Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle vowed to restore law and order, pledging to shut down asylum hotels by the end of Parliament. Meanwhile, the National Crime Agency is probing 91 smuggling networks as public frustration mounts over illegal migration.

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The UK government is set to allocate an extra £100 million to tackle the growing crisis of people smuggling and asylum seeker protests. Border Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle vowed to restore law and order, pledging to shut down asylum hotels by the end of Parliament. Meanwhile, the National Crime Agency is probing 91 smuggling networks as public frustration mounts over illegal migration.