THE HOME Secretary is vowing to crack down on small boat crossings as she is set to speak about how Britain is losing control of its orders.
She will talk on Wednesday about the lack of border control in Britain which is ruining trust in politicians and the state.
She warns the Government needs to be take hold of the migrant crisis[/caption]
Shabana Mahmood is set to issue her assessment at a summit with Balkan interior ministers and European allies in London.
This meeting is aimed at striking new deals with European nations to tackle illegal migration.
The risks the Government faces if it fails to fix the migration crisis is at the top of her talking points.
She is hoping to push for international co-operation as the primary way to ensure borders are secured.
It comes after almost 22,000 people were smuggled through routes in the Western Balkans just last year.
This year, numbers have been up 30 per cent with 35,000 migrants having crossed the Channel in small boats.
Labour has on widely been imposing stricter policies on migrants and their rights.
This has been linked to attempts to reverse increasing support for Reform.
“The public rightly expect that their Government will be able to determine who enters their country and who must leave,” she will say.
“Today, in this country, and I know in many if not all of yours, that is not the case.
“And the failure to bring order to our borders is eroding trust not just in us as political leaders … but in the credibility of the state itself.”
Mahmood’s approach is in opposition to Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, who she accused of wanting to “turn inwards” and seek solutions without working with other countries.
“Illegal migration is a shared threat which requires a strong, joined-up international response,” the Home Secretary will say.
“To those who think the answer to the challenges that we face is to turn inwards, or back away from international co-operation, I say that in coming together as we are today we will make all of our borders and our countries stronger.”
She added: “I am proud that the UK is leading the charge on a co-ordinated response to tackle organised crime and take down the vile people-smuggling gangs who put the value of human lives behind their own profits.”
Western Balkans countries like North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are being deemed vital to tackling illegal migration across the continent.
It has been seen as a major transit route for people smugglers in the region, as well as trafficking drugs across borders.
Cracking down on gangs will also be discussed at the summit, as well as new co-operation between Britain, Europe and border police forces.
Director general of the National Crime Agency, Graeme Biggar, will join in the afternoon to address disrupting gang supply chains, and also address violence against women and girls.
The Conservatives called Mahmood warning “rich coming from a government that has lost control of our borders”.
Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp, said: “The first nine months of this year have been the worst in history for illegal immigrants crossing the channel.
“The Government is accommodating more illegal immigrants in hotels than at the election, and have only returned a paltry 26 to France – over a time period when 14,000 have arrived.
“This is clearly no deterrent.
“The Conservatives would leave the ECHR which will enable us to remove all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival.
“Then the crossings would soon stop.”
