Article 6YJD0 Starmer hails ‘groundbreaking’ deal to return small-boat migrants to France

Starmer hails ‘groundbreaking’ deal to return small-boat migrants to France

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Kiran Stacey and Jessica Elgot
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One in, one out' scheme will include a safe route for those who have not tried to cross Channel illegally

People arriving in the UK via small boats will be returned to France as part of what Keir Starmer called a groundbreaking agreement which the government hopes will make a major dent in the number of people crossing the Channel illegally.

Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announced the plan on Thursday at the Northwood military base at the end of the French president's three-day state visit.

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