
Homeland ministers from the Five Eyes alliance – the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand – are set to announce new measures this week to strengthen border security and dismantle criminal smuggling networks. The meeting will be held in London on Monday and Tuesday, with Britain’s newly appointed Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood confirming that the talks will focus on “hitting people smugglers hard.”
Alongside people smuggling, the discussions will also cover joint efforts to combat online child sexual abuse and curb the spread of deadly synthetic opioids. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Canada’s Gary Anandasangaree, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, and New Zealand’s Judith Collins will join Mahmood at the high-level talks.
The issue of migration has become a major political flashpoint worldwide. In the U.S., President Donald Trump has made both legal and illegal immigration a central priority of his second White House term, while in Britain, the government faces intense pressure to address record asylum claims and the rising number of small boat crossings across the English Channel.
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