Starmer to meet Macron and Trudeau as immigration plans take shape

Labour leader looks for global support for plans to tackle people smuggling as party seeks to burnish international credentials

Keir Starmer has embarked on an international tour to garner global support for Labour's immigration plans to smash criminal trafficking gangs", which is expected to include meetings with Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau.

The Labour leader and Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, will start with talks at The Hague on Thursday with officials from the EU's law enforcement agency, Europol, and others about how a future Labour government would tackle people-smuggling supply chains through greater cross-border cooperation.