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Sir Keir Starmer expressed his anger over illegal migration, emphasizing that Labour has returned over 24,000 migrants swiftly compared to the previous government's slow deportation plans.
Starmer criticized the Conservative government's Rwanda plan as ineffective, arguing that Labour's current returns would have taken an unreasonable 80 years under the previous system.
He unveiled £33 million in funding for foreign prosecutors to combat smuggling, equating the threat to that of terrorism and calling for a united international response.
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