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What will it take to smash the gangs? More than 25,000 people made the journey from France to the UK in small boats before the end of July, a record for this point in the year. The Home Office says 898 people in 13 boats were brought ashore in Dover last week For comparison - In the whole of 2020 there were 8,461 crossings Keir Starmer’s government have announced today how they will use £100 million to try and “smash the gangs” behind this human trafficking industry - the money will fund 300 additional National Crime Agency (NCA) officers. But will it be enough?
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