"Starmer said the failure of successive Conservative governments to control the numbers entering the UK was unforgivable, adding: Failure on this scale isn't just bad luck. This happened by design, not accident."
"The estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) were revised upwards from a previous estimate of 740,000, showing net migration to the UK reached 906,000 in the year ending June 2023."
"His comments came after Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, signed an agreement with Baghdad to ensure close cooperation to tackle organised crime networks, a faster return of refused asylum seekers and the formation of a new taskforce aimed at breaking up migration routes to the UK."
"A total of 800,000 of UK money would be spent on training, support for the Kurdistan regional government and on disruption of organised crime, the government said."
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