The UK and Iraq have agreed on a "world-first" deal to tackle gangs based in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region that run people-smuggling operations across Europe that result in migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

The United Kingdom says it has signed a security pact with Iraq to target people-smuggling gangs and strengthen border cooperation, the latest in its efforts to crack down on irregular migration. “There are smuggler gangs profiting from dangerous small boat crossings whose operations stretch back through northern France,

Britain and Iraq have agreed an unprecedented joint plan to tackle people smuggling gangs responsible for thousands of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. On a three-day visit to the country,

Britain said on Thursday it had signed a security pact with Iraq to target people smuggling gangs and strengthen border co-operation, the latest in its efforts to crack down on illegal migration.

The UK and Iraq have signed a series of agreements aimed at combatting people smuggling and strengthening border security

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The Home Secretary has signed a “landmark” deal with Iraq to crack down on people smuggling and boost border security. Yvette Cooper made the “world-first security” agreement with Federal Government of Iraq interior minister Abdulameer Al-Shimmeri during a three-day visit to Baghdad and Erbil this week,