Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down on illegal migration.
The UK prime minister is expected to say countries must not be pitted against each other over the “vile trade” of people smuggling.
Representatives of more than 40 countries will gather in London for the two-day summit, where Sir Keir is expected to call for nations to work together to stop people smuggling gangs in the same way they co-operate on terrorism.
Meta, X and TikTok representatives will also be there to discuss how to tackle the online promotion of illegal migration.
Ministers will announce £33m will be spent to disrupt people-smuggling networks and boost prosecutions.
Sir Keir will also call for unity among the nations at the summit, which will include France and the US.
“This vile trade exploits the cracks between our institutions, pits nations against one another and profits from our inability at the political level to come together,” he will say.
The Home Office says the summit will deliver “concrete outcomes” for nations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and North America.
Ahead of the summit, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that the government was looking at other countries where it could process asylum seekers.
Ms Cooper said the summit was necessary because illegal immigration is a “global problem”.
“The criminal gang networks that end up with people arriving in the UK, stretch back through northern France, through
