21 h. ago Migrant charity says new UK and France deal will be ‘drop in the ocean’

Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new migrant return agreement due to begin within weeks.

Economics

4 d. ago Voices: Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission

The small boats deal with France was a negotiating triumph – but if it doesn’t work, the prime minister is doomed, says John Rentoul

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4 d. ago 'We know of the Channel deal, it won't stop us': Migrants in Calais say they're not worried about Keir Starmer's new swap scheme with France

Migrants waiting to cross the Channel yesterday laughed at the notion the Government's new deal with France would stop the boats.

Economics

4 d. ago Starmer's migrant plan set to be sunk before it's launched: Campaigners threaten to scupper return deal with France

Only a day after unveiling the scheme alongside Emmanuel Macron, the PM was facing objections from Europe and charities that helped ground the Tories' Rwanda plan.

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4 d. ago DAME ANGELA EAGLE: Historic migrant return deal shows we're replacing chaos with control

Writing for The Mirror, Border Security and Asylum Minister Dame Angela Eagle says Labour is finally replacing chaos with control, after a groundbreaking returns deal was agreed with France

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer deal to return small boats migrants 'is historic breakthrough'

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said the new migrant returns deal with France will help 'replace chaos with control' and she branded the agreement 'historic'

Economics

5 d. ago Mixed reaction to Starmer’s migrant deal as charities add to calls for clarity

Some welcome a plan for a legal route to the UK but others worry about how people will be selected for deportationUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s migrant return deal is under scrutiny after charities called for more clarity on how people will be chosen for deportation and the EU said it was still assessing the agreement.No 10 said on Friday it was confident in the legality of the deal to return about 50 people a week to France in return for accepting the same number through a safe and legal route. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s migration deal with France – cartoon

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5 d. ago Scientists drop dead cow into ocean and are stunned by what appears out of darkness

In an experiment that took place in the South China Sea, scientists dropped a cow carcass into the ocean to find out what would happen and were left stunned by eight elusive visitors

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5 d. ago Starmer accused of reducing migrants to ‘commodities to be exchanged’ with ‘one

The criticism comes as the Mayor of Calais warned the agreement would only draw more migrants to the north coast of France

Events

5 d. ago Lauren Hemp hails first £1m transfer fee as ‘proof women’s footballers are great’

Hemp pleased Arsenal poised to sign Smith for record feeWinger says England’s latest win showed team’s potentialThe England winger Lauren Hemp says the women’s game being on the verge of its first £1m transfer fee is good for the sport and “proof women’s footballers are great”.The Guardian revealed on Thursday that Liverpool had accepted a £1m offer from Arsenal for the Canada forward Olivia Smith, which would break the seven-figure barrier 46 years after the men’s game got its first £1m deal, when Nottingham Forest signed Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago People with UK links to get priority under France migration deal, says Cooper – UK politics live

Home secretary says ‘genuine refugees’ or those targeted by smuggling gangs could also benefit under scheme which is expected to bring around 50 or so migrants a week from FranceBritain expects EU to approve migration deal, says CooperOne of the joys, or perils, of being prime minister is that every summer you get invited to Scotland for a sleepover with the royal family. They tend to view these trips with mixed feelings. The king is seen as a great host, as was his mother, but some PMs grumble that Balmoral is freezing cold, and stuffy, and the rituals of a Scottish country home can feel a bit odd if you are not used to that sort of thing.Donald Trump hasn’t been made a king yet, but obviously he would like to be one and he too has invited the PM to Scotland this summer. According to Reuters, Trump will be visiting Scotland later this month, reportedly to check up on his golf courses, and he has invited Starmer to join him. “Starmer has accepted,” Reuters says. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Channel boats deal shambles: Yvette Cooper admits she DOESN'T KNOW how many migrants will be returned to France

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the numbers had not even been 'fixed' for the pilot stage of the 'one in, one out' scheme - after negotiations went down to the wire.

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5 d. ago Small boat migrants will be detained as part of France return deal, Yvette Cooper confirms

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said people who arrive on small boats will be detained as part of a 'groundbreaking' one-in-one-out returns deal with France - but refused to say how many would be affected

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5 d. ago BBC's Charlie Stayt humiliates top Tory for trying to 'ridicule' Labour in brutal TV moment

Tory shadow home secretary Chris Philp was humiliated in a TV interview after he called Keir Starmer's new 'one in, one out' returns deal with France a 'gimmick'

Politics

5 d. ago 'Blitz' promised to crack down on illegal migrants in new deal with France

A ‘one in, one out’ scheme agreed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer is set to begin within weeks

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5 d. ago UK politics live: Cooper refuses to say how many migrants will be sent to France under new Macron deal

The ‘one in, one out’ scheme will start next week after it was agreed by Macron and Starmer on Thursday

Politics

5 d. ago Sir Keir's 'smashing the gangs' latest: Starmer launches half

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron announced a 'one in, one out' migrant swap deal which was far less ambitious than expected.

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5 d. ago 'What a joke!' Keir Starmer's half baked deal with France to deter small boat migrants already in peril as Tories claim plans will not put off 'a single person from crossing the Channel'

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron announced a 'one in, one out' migrant swap deal which was far less ambitious than expected.

Economics

5 d. ago Crackdown on illegal working promised alongside migrant return deal with France

The UK has promised extra action to tackle the ‘pull factors’ luring migrants across the English Channel.

Economics