More than 400 small boat migrants have arrived in the first two days of Labour's returns deal, dashing claims it would be a 'new deterrent'.

Yesterday Keir Starmer 's much-trumpeted one-in, one-out 'deterrent' policy came into force.

‘When I say I will stop at nothing to secure our borders, I mean it’, the prime minister said on Thursday

The Home Office confirmed Channel arrivals were held after they were brought into Dover yesterday.

The detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.

Video shows the first migrants detained under the UK’s new “one in, one out” deal with Emmanuel Macron, who could be sent back to France within weeks. People who were detained…

More than 400 small boat migrants have arrived in the first two days of Labour's returns deal, dashing claims it would be a 'new deterrent'.

More than 1,000 migrants have come to the UK since the Government's 'one in, one out' deal with France became operational last Wednesday.

Two Border Force vessels, Typhoon and Volunteer, were seen arriving in the port to drop migrants picked up in the Channel.