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New deals with Balkan countries to target people-smuggling gangs

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New deals will increase intelligence sharing and cooperation with Serbia , North Macedonia and Kosovo .

Government said the region was a key route used by those who end up in the EU or UK illegally.

Almost 100,000 migrants transited through the western Balkans last year .

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will announce the plans at a meeting of the European Political Community .

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69

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65

Neutral language

36

Article tone

formal

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English

Language complexity

58

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not offensive

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short-lived

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