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Loads of stuff
https://archive.ph/R9LSFMainly a joint plan to target the criminal networks across Europe. And we still also need a proper plan for a replacement for the Dublin agreement with cross border cooperation on asylum, family reunion and returns.
[And] to speed up the asylum system, clear the backlog and cut the use of hotels. That includes proper standards, staffing, training, management, triage systems, backlog clearance systems — basic operational measures that the Borders Inspectorate and others have recommended. Right now we have the worst of all worlds where everyone is in limbo, refugees don’t get the support they badly need, people who are not refugees aren’t returned and the taxpayer bill goes up. We need swift decisions, followed by swift support or returns.
But we also need co-ordinated international action to tackle the wider problems — including support for refugees in the region where cuts and changes to the aid budget have made things worse, and reforming resettlement schemes so they safely reach those refugees most at risk from traffickers or smuggler gangs. The UK must always do its bit to help those fleeing conflict and persecution.I'd say fairly difficult to take offence at on the face of it.
So what's the Labour plan to stop them?