Home Secretary Yvette Cooper today refused to say how many migrants will be returned to France under Labour's new 'one in, one out' deal because it 'could help the smuggling gangs'.
Migrants who arrive by small boat from tomorrow could face being selected for the scheme and placed in detention instead of being sent to taxpayer-funded hotels.
The Home Office will then work with French counterparts to return the migrants in return for Britain accepting others still in France with stronger asylum claims.
However, the much-trumpeted deal has come under fresh scrutiny after it emerged the agreement will expire in just 11 months.
And this morning, Ms Cooper declined to say how many migrants she expects to be able to send back - claiming this information could be useful to smugglers.
