Germany to make migrant smuggling to UK a clear criminal offence in bid to tackle small boat crossings | Politics News
Germany will make it a specific criminal offence to facilitate migrant smuggling towards the UK as part of a new co-operation deal.Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, signed the deal with her German counterpart, Nancy Faeser, on Monday evening. Under the plan, Germany will clarify its domestic law to make it a criminal offence to facilitate smuggling migrants to the UK - a move the government says will allow German prosecutors […]