Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed a pilot scheme to return small boat migrants from the UK to France. Under the plan, migrants arriving in the UK via small boats will be detained and sent back to France. In exchange for each migrant returned, a different individual will be permitted to enter the UK through a controlled and legal safe route, provided they have not attempted illegal entry. The prime minister said the scheme, set to begin within weeks, aims to "finally turn the tables" on the English Channel migrant crisis. Sir Keir said the reciprocal arrangement was necessary as the UK cannot solve the issue of illegal migration alone and must collaborate with allies. In fullStarmer and Macron detail one in, one out migrant returns schemeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Starmer-Macron plan met with scepticism in Gravelines, where up to 300 people a day try to cross Channel

Plan for Channel crossings marks forward step for the two leaders, though further UK funding remains a sticking point

Keir Starmer is hoping for 'concrete progress' on the crisis as the French president wraps up his three-day State Visit to the UK.

The prime minister and President Macron agreed a ‘one for one’ deal to swap small boat migrants for asylum seekers after negotiations this week

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.

Starmer says in exchange for every migrant returned, another migrant will be allowed to enter the UK legally

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

Crackdown on small boat arrivals similar to EU-Turkiye deal, comes as Starmer under increasing pressure from hard right.

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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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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

Keir Starmer has hailed his deal with France as something previous governments have been trying for years to achieve

The PM says the "one in, one out" deal with France would prove trying to get to the UK via the Channel would be "in vain".

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

Some migrants arriving in the UK will be sent back to France under the deal