Keir Starmer visits Kent to set out Labour's border security and small boats policy

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00:00 We will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things.

00:06 Border Security Command. This is about leveraging the power and potential of dynamic government

00:13 based on a counter-terrorism approach which we know works. An end to the fragmentation between

00:20 policing, the border force and our intelligence agencies. A collecting of the sand. So the border

00:27 protection becomes an elite force, not a Cinderella service. An essential frontline defence that

00:34 communities like this can depend on. To do all that, Border Security Command will bring together

00:42 hundreds of specialist investigators, the best of the best, from the National Crime Agency,

00:48 the Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, the Crown Prosecution Service and yes,

00:54 MI5. We will find you, we will stop you, we will protect your victims. With the Border

01:00 Security Command we will secure Britain's borders. And we will also rebuild Britain's

01:07 broken asylum system. As I said at the beginning, I believe in a rules-based asylum system.

01:14 I believe in a system that processes claims quickly and humanely and that finds ways,

01:21 without squeamishness or cruelty, to detain and remove people who have no right to be here,

01:28 is essential for security, fairness and justice. It is a form of deterrence in itself. Lives are

01:37 being lost in the English Channel, while small boat arrivals are once again at record levels

01:45 so far this year. It's clear that British Islamic has failed to keep our borders secure

01:53 and cannot be trusted. A fresh approach.