Sir Keir Starmer says since Labour came into government they have deported more than 24,000 people "that have no right to be here". Speaking at the Border Security Summit in London, the prime minister adds, "that would have taken the Rwanda scheme 80 years to achieve". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Illegal migration is a massive driver of global insecurity. It undermines our
00:07ability to control who comes here and that makes people angry. It makes me
00:14angry, frankly, because it's unfair on ordinary working people who pay the
00:20price, from the cost of hotels to our public services struggling under the
00:25strain. And it's unfair on the illegal migrants themselves, because these are
00:32vulnerable people being ruthlessly exploited by vile gangs. And I'm really
00:38delighted to be joined by all of you here today. We've got representatives
00:44from more than 40 countries across the world. There's never been a bigger
00:49gathering of people on this issue, building a truly international effort to
00:55defeat organized immigration crime. We inherited this total fragmentation
01:03between our policing, our border force and our intelligence agencies. A
01:09fragmentation that made it crystal clear, when when I looked at it, that there were
01:15gaps in our defense, an open invitation at our borders for what the people
01:22smugglers to crack on. To be honest, it should have been fixed years ago, but
01:28we're doing it now with our new border security command. Well, since coming to
01:32office, I can announce today we've returned more than 24,000 people who
01:38have no right to be here. That would have taken the Rwanda scheme 80 years to
01:45achieve. That's how we've delivered the highest return rates for eight years and
01:51the four biggest return flights ever.