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'Smash the Gangs won't work': Home Office officials doubt Labour small boats plan

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i has been told that there is cynicism’ about whether Border Security Command will be more effective than previous units created by the Tories .

PM wants smugglers treated like terrorists’ to be treated like terrorists.

But Home Office source said: “It will not bring the crossings down the smugglers will circumvent anything they put in place’.

Home Office civil servants are sceptical about whether this will be enough on its own.

No plans for new safe and legal routes for refugees to reach the UK are currently being developed by the Government .

The last significant success in combatting illegal migration for a British Government came when the Conservatives saw a 93 per cent drop in the number of Albanians arriving on small boats between 2022 and 2023 .

More than 5,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats in October , making it the busiest month of the year so far.

More than 1,300 people arrived over the first seven days in November .

French interior minister Bruno Retailleau appeared to acknowledge the link following a meeting with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in October .