Home Secretary Yvette Cooper insists people smugglers should not be able to get away with “putting lives at risk” ahead of a summit aimed at destroying the gangs involved in the trade. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We have this dangerous situation. The criminal gangs are undermining border security. They are
00:04putting lives at risk. In the first half of the year, the numbers of crossings that we inherited
00:10from the previous government were a record high for spring crossings. Those gangs should not be
00:16able to get away with it and that's why we're determined to go after them with the National
00:20Crime Agency, working with Europol, expanding the additional investigators that we're recruiting for
00:27here at the MCA, but also that much stronger partnership with European law enforcement
00:33to stop those gangs and boats before they reach the French coast.