UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will meet the EU home affairs commissioner on Monday to discuss migration, border management, law enforcement cooperation and counter-terrorism, following the PM's desire to rejoin European law enforcement databases.
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01Summary
- 01The meeting is with EU home affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner and follows recent comments by PM Andy Burnham about rejoining EU law enforcement databases.
- 02Agenda includes UK rejoining the Schengen Information System (SIS) and Eurodac databases from which it has been excluded since Brexit.
- 03Illegal small boat crossings across the English Channel have fallen 43% according to the latest Frontex data.
- 04Brunner will also meet MI5 director general Ken McCallum and visit the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.
- 05EU illegal crossings at external borders are down 55% over two years, with a further third this year, Brunner said.
02Why it matters
This matters because closer law enforcement cooperation with the EU could improve UK border security and counter-terrorism efforts, and help address irregular migration.
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