The deal struck with Macron will be woefully inadequate to the task of combating the trade across the Channel

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

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

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.

There’s still no serious long-term plan for halting the increase in Channel crossings, let alone stopping them completely

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

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

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‘Le Bromance’ bore fruit on Thursday, but the deal to send small boat migrants back to France still needs EU approval

The deal struck with Macron will be woefully inadequate to the task of combating the trade across the Channel