The prime minister wants a radical deal with French authorities as data shows migration on small boats is at its highest-ever levels despite 4 in 10 migrants being prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports

The prime minister wants a radical deal with French authorities as data shows migration on small boats is at its highest-ever levels despite 4 in 10 migrants being prevented from…

French president to end three-day visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal crossings

Hundreds of migrants have crossed the Channel this morning, dwarfing the number that could be sent back to France under Sir Keir Starmer’s new deal with Emmanuel Macron.

Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Britain and France agreed on Thursday to launch a pilot program that will return some migrants who cross the English Channel in small boats back to France,...

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Asylum seekers crossing the English Channel to the UK will be exchanged for migrants with British ties that have entered France.

Deal agreed the same day 220 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain, taking the number of people arriving in small boats to 21,000 this year already