The British government has announced new financial sanctions targeting members of people-smuggling gangs involved in sending migrants across the English Channel. These sanctions, described as the world's first focused on people smuggling, will also target those who provide financial and logistical support to these gangs. Violators of the new rules could face asset seizures, restrictions from using British banks, and bans from entering the U.K. The government aims to curb the dangers posed to migrants by reinforcing measures against gangs facilitating perilous crossings.
Members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants across the English Channel in flimsy boats will face U.K. financial sanctions under measures announced by the British government.
The new powers target smugglers and those who supply them with money and equipment, marking the world's first sanctions regime for such activities.
Those in breach of the rules can have U.K. assets seized, be barred from using British banks and be banned from entering Britain.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party government has pledged to stop criminal gangs sending thousands of migrants each year on perilous journeys across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
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