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flag UK to allow pre-arrest searches of migrants for phones, aiming to disrupt smuggling.

flag The UK government has introduced new powers allowing port officers to require illegal migrants to remove outer clothing and undergo mouth searches to find phones or SIM cards, aiming to disrupt smuggling networks behind record Channel crossings. flag The measure, part of a broader immigration crackdown under the Labour government, enables earlier intelligence gathering to combat digital coordination by criminal gangs. flag Expected to receive Royal Assent soon, the law shifts search authority from post-arrest to pre-arrest, responding to rising public concern over migration, now the top voter priority. flag While officials cite national security and law enforcement needs, human rights groups have criticized the invasive procedures as dehumanizing and potentially traumatic for vulnerable individuals.

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