The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotels

With crossings over 25,000, Border Security Command says new funding will ramp up the UK’s fight against smuggling gangs