Shabana Mahmood, the new home secretary, will host a meeting of the Five Eyes security alliance to discuss how to stop people-smuggling as it emerged that ministers were looking at housing those who entered the UK by small boat in military barracks.

Mahmood is to be joined in London by Kristi Noem, the US secretary of state for homeland security, as well as interior ministers from Australia, Canada and New Zealand – the other member countries of the intelligence-sharing pact.

In her first major engagement in the job, she will also host discussions on stopping child sexual abuse online and how to halt the spread of deadly synthetic opioids.

“Rebuilding our reputation on the world stage is how we tackle serious organised crime and secure our borders,” Mahmood said. “We have already rese

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