The failure of Britain and other European nations to control their borders is “eroding trust” in politicians and the state, Shabana Mahmood is to warn.

The Home Secretary is to make the admission as she hosts her counterparts from across the Western Balkans, as well as other European allies, in London at a summit aimed at striking new deals to tackle illegal migration.

She is expected to tell the gathering: “The public rightly expect that their government will be able to determine who enters their country, and who must leave. New Feature

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“Today, in this country, and I know in many if not all of yours, that is not the case.

“And the failure to bring order to our borders is eroding trust not just in us as political leaders… But in

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