Interior and security ministers from the “Five Eyes” alliance of the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand have met in London to discuss border security and migrant-smuggling gangs<\/p>\n
LONDON — Interior and security ministers from the \u201cFive Eyes\u201d intelligence-sharing partnership of the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand met Monday in London for talks focused on border security and tackling migrant-smuggling criminal gangs.<\/p>\n
Newly appointed U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> and the other leaders to the 18th-century headquarters of the Honorable Artillery Company. <\/p>\n The discussions also will take in work against child sexual abuse and the spread of opioids.<\/p>\n Mahmood, who was placed in the interior minister job in a shakeup of Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Cabinet<\/a> on Friday, said the ministers would \u201cagree new measures to protect our borders with our five eyes partners, hitting people-smugglers hard.\u201d<\/p>\n Also attending were Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Australia\u2019s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Judith Collins, the attorney general and defense minister of New Zealand.<\/p>\n The far-flung countries are close allies with some common problems but also widely differ in their approaches to migration. The Trump administration\u2019s program of street raids<\/a>, mass detentions<\/a> and large-scale deportations of unauthorized migrants has drawn domestic and international criticism and a host of legal challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n