Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer yesterday praised the arrest of a suspected people smuggling kingpin.
The 44-year-old Turkish citizen was detained in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
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Sir Keir said his arrest was “an important piece of the puzzle”.
He added: “I'm not pretending it's a silver bullet. last steps “It will be necessary, but this is a very important step.”
The suspect He is accused of storing rubber boats in Germany for transport to France. He faces the risk of being extradited to Belgium to stand trial.
Since I became Prime Minister, it's no secret that I was Driving Make efforts to strengthen cooperation with our European partners to address Challenge From illegal immigration.
We were elected with a mandate to transform our country and secure our borders.
We deliver on our promise of change.
Bringing order to our asylum system will not only protect our national security, but will also provide economic security, as we reduce the amount of taxpayer money spent to prevent the system from descending into chaos.
Let's be clear, this is not just about loading migrants onto boats in Calais.
It is a criminal network that spans the continent – providing materials, facilitating transit, and trafficking in human misery.
I will not accept those Gangsters It cannot be taken down. I know that if we focus our resources and cooperate, we can break it a job model.
Yesterday we saw this work in action, as the UK's National Crime Agency worked closely with the Dutch and Belgians in an operation that saw the arrest of a man suspected of being an important supplier of small boat equipment to people smugglers.
This is an important step.
But our Border Security Command is now operational.
We are providing them with the resources they need to get the job done, including an additional 100 National Command and Finance Agency officers to strengthen their technical capabilities.
I'm sure there's more to come.
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