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Smuggling gangs will ‘simply adapt’ to Labour's new sanctions, experts say
Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivers a speech at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, January 9, 2025

REFUGEE experts rubbished new diplomatic and financial measures to tackle people-smuggling gangs today.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said his department, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), is “critical” to “prevent, combat, deter and disrupt irregular migration.”

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