UK and Vietnam sign agreement to expand cooperation in combatting illegal migration, focusing on small boat journeys, visa abuse, and human trafficking.

The UK and Vietnam signed a new agreement to expand cooperation in combatting illegal migration. The deal focuses on strengthening deterrence communication campaigns against dangerous small boat journeys, increasing intelligence-sharing to tackle visa abuse, and developing a joint action plan to combat human trafficking. The agreement follows an increase in Vietnamese migrants arriving in the UK via small boats in 2023.