By Alistair Smout

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it could cut the number of visas granted to countries that do not accept the return of migrants with no right to remain, after talks with allies including the United States on how to assert more control over borders.

Britain’s new interior minister Shabana Mahmood said counterparts from the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – a decades-old intelligence-sharing partnership collectively known as Five Eyes – agreed to the principles at a meeting in London.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Mahmood to the role on Friday in a shake-up of his government as he faces mounting public criticism over immigration and the arrival of migrants via illegal small boat crossings.

“This announcement sends a clear message to any

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