UK PM hosting international summit on illegal migration and claims Labour has achieved the highest return rate for eight years

Starmer says the vessels used by people smugglers do not even deserve the name “boat”. They are so flimsy they are “not worthy of the name”. They are only produced for one purpose. He says law enforcement use to ignore this. But he says he has changed that, and now boats and engines are being seized, “driving up the costs for the smugglers”.

He says checks are also being increased to stop employers hiring illegal migrants.