Yvette Cooper to chair summit on tackling Channel smuggling gangs

Ministers, intelligence officers, Border Force and CPS staff to attend meeting at NCA headquarters

Yvette Cooper will chair a summit aimed at apprehending criminal gangs involved in smuggling people across the Channel in small boats, as the Home Office disclosed that MI5 officers had been given a key role in operations.

Intelligence officers, Border Force staff and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) representatives will be present at the meeting on Friday at the National Crime Agency's headquarters.