00:00We've had over the summer a 20% reduction compared to last summer in boat crossings,
00:05but that is no comfort when we've still got lives being lost and criminal gangs making a fortune
00:11from undermining the border security and organising these dangerous boat crossings.
00:16That's why we're gearing up the new Border Security Command to go after these gangs
00:21and to substantially increase the law enforcement work with European colleagues too.
00:26We need to work with countries right across Europe to prevent these dangerous boat crossings
00:32and to go after the criminal gangs who frankly have been getting away with it for too long.
00:37Italy has already done significant work to tackle smuggler and trafficking gangs
00:43and also to do prevention work with other countries to prevent boats setting off in
00:48the first place and they've seen a 60% reduction in boats crossing the Mediterranean.
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