According to the Sunday Times, the United Kingdom is expected to make agreements with a number of nations in an effort to stop thousands of illegal migrants from entering the country.
The agreements will be similar to those Italy has made with other nations, wherein money is traded in exchange for preventing migrants from leaving.
The semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, Vietnam, and Turkey are among those in talks with the UK. By the end of the year, deals are anticipated to be signed.
Italy has managed to reduce the number of people crossing to it by 62 percent after Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, struck deals with Tunisia and Libya.
Tunisia received patrol boats and €100 million ($105.4 million) to invest in education, energy and companies employed to halt migration, while Libya’s coast guard will be trained and equipped by Rome. The EU has paid Tunisia an additional €105 million.
However, both agreements have been criticized by human rights organizations over the treatment of migrants in Tunisia and Libya by local authorities.
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