Watch live as Starmer meets Italy's PM in Rome to discuss migrant crossings
Briefly

Yvette Cooper highlighted that the UK government is keen on adopting strategies similar to Italy's, particularly in tackling organized immigration crime and improving technology. She mentioned, "The first is the work that they are doing around organized immigration crime. That's the work that we are substantially gearing up, where we will be doing a huge technology upgrade as well, and where we want to work with Italy, with Germany, with other European countries, with France as well."
Cooper also expressed interest in Italy's upstream prevention methods, stating, "The second thing they're doing is they're working with other countries upstream to prevent people leaving North Africa in the first place... we think we should be part of those international cooperations as well."
The emphasis on returning migrants without a legal claim was also mentioned, with Cooper noting, "The third thing they're doing is major returns. So they're speeding up returns for those who don't have a right to be there. We've been doing that through the summer as well, so we've had a substantial increase in returns for"
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