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Macron and Starmer agree migrant returns deal

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The scheme will reportedly send up to 2,600 failed asylum seekers per year from Britain to France – which at current rates covers around three weeks' worth of small boats crossing the Channel.
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UK and France agree new migrant returns deal 02:02

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a “ground-breaking” returns scheme with France. Under the pilot, small boat arrivals will be detained and sent back to France, while one person will be accepted into the UK via a legal route in exchange. The prime minister said the plan, starting in the coming...

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