Thursday, 10 July 2025 () 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.
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...
Sir Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron have agreed a plan to send back small boats migrants, with an asylum seeker being sent to the UK in exchange. The prime minister said the scheme..
As President Macron met Sir Keir Starmer to discuss the migrant crisis, aerial footage showed at least one small boat making its way to the UK. The crossing came on the same day the leaders pledged..