Britain’s foreign minister said she would use a visit to Ethiopia on Monday to focus on measures to try to stem rising numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa seeking to reach the United Kingdom.
Yvette Cooper said job creation partnerships would dissuade people from leaving
Ethiopia while stronger law enforcement cooperation was essential to counter smuggler gangs and speed up returns of migrants with no right to stay in Britain.
Successive British governments have tried to tackle illegal immigration, an issue which has helped to propel populist campaigner Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party into a commanding opinion poll lead.
UK foreign minister says Ethiopia visit to focus on migration
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