The Home Secretary said the first returns are 'expected this month', but she was careful not to promise deportations will absolutely go ahead in September.

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later…

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

The Home Secretary said the first returns are 'expected this month', but she was careful not to promise deportations will absolutely go ahead in September.