Starmer and Dutch PM agree ‘further co-operation’ on illegal migration

The Prime Minister and his Dutch counterpart person agreed “further co-operation” connected tackling amerciable migration, arsenic good arsenic discussing enactment for Ukraine.

A No 10 read-out of the gathering said the leaders reflected connected the UK and the Netherlands’ beardown relationship and shared attack to planetary challenges.

They talked astir the successes of existing co-operation connected tackling organised crime, including the people-smuggling gangs driving amerciable migration, and agreed further co-operation connected this issue.

Sir Keir reiterated the UK’s “iron-clad” enactment for Ukraine and the leaders underscored their committedness to moving unneurotic truthful that Ukraine is “in the strongest imaginable position”.

Also connected Thursday the Prime Minister pledged to make thousands of highly skilled jobs by reforming readying rules to marque it easier to physique caller atomic reactors.

Sir Keir and Mr Schoof agreed to enactment towards a caller statement connected sustainable energy, including nuclear, and some agreed connected the value of vigor security.

Mr Schoof became premier curate of the Netherlands connected July 2 2024, conscionable 3 days earlier Sir Keir became Prime Minister.

Ahead of the meeting, Sir Keir said: “I consciousness that the concern betwixt our countries is arsenic beardown arsenic it’s ever been connected truthful galore fronts, whether that’s information and defence, economical and commercialized issues, but besides innovation.

“I deliberation the ambition present is to instrumentality that further, but besides to stock our reasoning connected truly important issues. Ukraine, wherever I deliberation we stock wholly an knowing of the quality of the situation and however we flooded it.”

Mr Schoof said: “The Dutch and the UK person a long-standing relationship… erstwhile it’s related to security, erstwhile it’s related to our people.”