Labour Prepared to Strike Deal to Take EU’s Migrants

Sir Keir Starmer said his party would also use anti-terror style laws to target people smugglers in EU deal that would hand immigration over to Brussels.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking to the media during a visit to Shefford, England, on July 22, 2023. Jacob King/PA

Labour is prepared to strike a deal with Brussels that would see the UK take a quota of illegal immigrants arriving in Europe, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The Labour leader indicated he could be prepared to hand Britain’s immigration control to the European Union (EU), for the ability to return people who cross the English Channel.