Yvette Cooper Launches Immigration Crackdown Amid Soaring Number Of Small Boat Crossings

The number of small boat crossings has soared in recent weeks.

Yvette Cooper has launched a major immigration crackdown amid soaring numbers of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Companies which employ illegal immigrants could face closure under the new approach, which is aimed at keeping Keir Starmer’s election pledge to “smash the criminal gangs” which traffic people from France to the UK.

Under the measures being set out today, 100 specialist intelligence...