UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

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UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings
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The U.K. and Germany have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats. It's the latest effort by European countries to stop the dangerous journeys.

Britain’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper , 2nd left, chairs a meeting of Europe an ministers and agencies at Carlton Gardens in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Germany ’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser , right, attends a meeting of Europe an leaders and agencies at Carlton Gardens in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.

Faeser said that the cooperation would include “maintaining a high investigative pressure, exchanging information between our security authorities as best as possible, and persistently investigating financial flows to identify the criminals operating behind the scenes.”Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries

The two ministers signed the agreement before a meeting in London of the “Calais Group” of the U.K., Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, along with the European Union’s police and border agencies, Europol and Frontex.

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