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- Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, urged the UK to join the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact to curb small-boat crossings.
- The pact, effective June, speeds asylum processing and mandates returns to the first EU country entered while spreading responsibility among members.
- Labour said 47,000 crossings were prevented in two years, 70,000 unauthorized people removed, and arrivals fell 43% to 14,000 this year.
