Yvette Cooper today failed to guarantee that Channel migrants will definitely start being sent back to France this month under Labour's 'one in, one out' deal.
The Home Secretary said the first returns are 'expected this month', but she was careful not to promise deportations will absolutely go ahead in September.
It came after Ms Cooper admitted to the House of Commons yesterday that no Channel migrants are yet to be returned to France under the much-vaunted deal.
Ministers had claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks.
The first small boat arrivals due to be returned were detained in Dover at the start of August.
