Labour's migrant returns deal with France has descended into farce as a minister appeared to contradict the terms of a new treaty.

The much-trumpeted deal with Emmanuel Macron 's government will lapse at the end of June next year - just 47 weeks away - unless it is renewed.

Small boat migrants who lodge human rights claims in Britain - or claim to be under 18 - will evade being returned to France under massive loopholes in Labour's new deal.

Labour's migrant returns deal with France has descended into farce as a minister appeared to contradict the terms of a new treaty.