Lammy says France returns deal an ‘immediate deterrent’ as two migrants deported

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David Lammy has said the UK’s migrant returns deal with France serves as an “immediate deterrent” after two asylum seekers were removed from the country under the scheme, as Channel crossings continued.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the Government hoped to see the number of deportations “grow over the coming months and years” as more small boats began making the dangerous journey in the early hours of Friday.