Bordersecurity, migration, and Asylum Seekers crossing the channel in small boats are expected to be major issues during the uk election. Labour leader sir keir starmer is in dover, outlining how his party will tackle them. Heres what he had to say. Lets have a look at what labour is planning to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. He is also pledging to hire hundreds more Specialist Investigators and cross border police. Meanwhile, Counter Terror powers would be extended to cover organised immigration crime, including the power to search people suspected of being involved in People Smuggling, close bank accounts, restrict their travel and trace their movements before an offence has taken place. And he says £75 million of the money allocated for the first year of the Rwanda Scheme would fund its plans. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. We will set up a new command