69 m. ago More than 500 small boat arrivals in UK on day of Starmer and Macron’s migration deal

Some 573 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday after crossing the English Channel, according to provisional figures from the Home Office.

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73 m. 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

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5 h. ago UK politics live: Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe after more migrants arrive in Dover

Several migrants, wearing life jackets, were brought ashore by Border Force to Dover, Kent, on Friday

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6 h. 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'

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7 h. ago Macron is right it's too easy to work illegally in UK, says Yvette Cooper after new 'small boats' deal agreed

‘Groundbreaking’ pilot scheme will see migrants ‘detained and returned to France in short order’ and begin within weeks, says Starmer

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7 h. 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

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8 h. ago Starmer and Macron agree ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal as hundreds cross Channel in small boats

Deal agreed the same day 220 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain, taking the number of people arriving in small boats to 21,000 this year already

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13 h. 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.

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17 h. ago Macron blames Brexit for rise in migrant crossings as Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ small boats deal: Latest

French president says Britons ‘sold a lie’ as plan to tackle small boat Channel crossings unveiled

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19 h. ago Starmer and Macron pin hopes on one in, one out deal to deter Channel migrants

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

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20 h. ago Keir Starmer aims brutal swipe at Nigel Farage as 'groundbreaking' migrant return deal reached

Keir Starmer lashed out at the 'performative politics of the easy hour' as he unveiled the first migrant returns deal with Europe since Brexit - as Emmanuel Macron said Brits had been lied to

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21 h. ago Is that it? Starmer and Macron agree 'one in, one out' Channel migrant swap pilot but 'just 50 will be handed over each week'

The Prime Minister insisted the 'one in, one out' swap pilot scheme would see those arriving in the UK illicitly sent back to the EU 'in short order .

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21 h. ago Starmer and Marcon agree ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal as hundreds cross Channel in small boats

Deal agreed the same day 220 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain, taking the number of people arriving in small boats to 21,000 this year already

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21 h. ago Press conference in full: Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

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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21 h. ago Emmanuel Macron blames Brexit for migrant crisis as Starmer agrees deal

Brexit made it harder to tackle illegal migration across the Channel, Emmanuel Macron said as he and Sir Keir Starmer unveiled a "one in, one out" migrant returns scheme on Thursday (10 July).

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21 h. ago Starmer says ‘one in, one out’ deal with Macron to stop migrant boat crossings will start within weeks: Latest

France’s president ends three-day state visit to UK with announcement on plan to tackle small boat Channel crossings

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21 h. ago Macron blames Brexit for illegal migration crisis as 'one in one out' returns scheme to tackle small boats unveiled with Starmer

‘Groundbreaking’ pilot scheme will see migrants ‘detained and returned to France in short order’ and begin within weeks, says Starmer

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21 h. ago Starmer takes swipe at Farage in migrant deal announcement with Macron

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer takes a swipe at Nigel Farage whilst announcing a migrant deal with France.

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21 h. ago Voices: Deal or no deal, Macron and Starmer still won’t stop the boats

The sun shone, the flags flew: A new chapter may have begun for the ‘entente cordiale’ between Britain and France, writes Mary Dejevsky – it’s just a shame it won’t do anything to solve the migrant crisis in the Channel

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21 h. ago Starmer says ‘one in, one out’ deal will allow UK to return small

PM also announces first safe and legal route for ‘genuine asylum seekers’ who have not tried to cross ChannelPeople arriving via small boats will be detained and returned to France “in short order” with a new safe and legal route established for refugees for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.The “one in, one out” deal, a pilot agreed with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, will for the first time give the UK the ability to return cross-Channel asylum seekers to France, and those people would not then be allowed to apply via the legal route. Continue reading...

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