Anglo-French talks over migration deal hanging in balance
by Kiran Stacey and Dan Sabbagh in London, and Jon He from World news | The Guardian on (#6YHJ7)
PM's hopes of announcing illegal migration curbs during Macron visit depend on several hurdles being cleared
Anglo-French talks over a migration deal were deadlocked on Wednesday night, with negotiators haggling over how much Britain will pay towards the cost of policing small boat crossings.
Keir Starmer had hoped to be able to announce a returns deal - under which Britain would send back some asylum seekers once they had crossed the Channel - before the conclusion on Thursday of the three-day state visit by the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
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