Kristi Noem joins ‘Five Eyes’ ministers at border security meeting in London

LONDON AP Interior and shield ministers from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership of the U K U S Canada Australia and New Zealand met Monday in London for talks focused on frontier prevention and tackling migrant-smuggling criminal gangs Newly appointed U K Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed U S Homeland Prevention Secretary Kristi Noem and the other leaders to the th-century headquarters of the Honorable Artillery Company The discussions also will take in work against child sexual abuse and the spread of opioids Mahmood who was placed in the interior minister job in a shakeup of Prime Minister Keir Starmer s Cabinet on Friday reported the ministers would agree new measures to protect our borders with our five eyes partners hitting people-smugglers hard Also attending were Canadian Constituents Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree Australia s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Judith Collins the attorney general and defense minister of New Zealand The far-flung countries are close allies with particular common problems but also widely differ in their approaches to migration The Trump administration s effort of street raids mass detentions and large-scale deportations of unauthorized refugees has drawn domestic and international criticism and a host of legal challenges Britain s center-left Labour leadership is struggling to bring down the number of expatriates traveling the English Channel in small boats chosen so far this year It faces calls from opposition parties to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to take tougher action The regime says it won t do that but may tweak the interpretation of the rights convention in British law It has struck a deal with France to return a few newcomers who cross the channel and is working on similar agreements with other countries Source