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Sir Keir Starmer announced a "groundbreaking" migrant returns deal in a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron. The Prime Minister said he had agreed a one in, one out agreement with the French President to send back Channel arrivals in exchange for asylum seekers in France in a bid to finally get a grip on the issue.
Sir Keir said: "I am pleased to announce our agreement today on a groundbreaking returns pilot. For the very first time, migrants arriving via small boat will be detained and returned to France in short order."
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During the press conference, Mr Macron blamed Brexit for a rise in the number of small boats crossing the Channel.
It comes as more than 21,000 people have arrived in the UK via the dangerous route so far in 2025 which is a record for this point in a year.
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3 days ago20:10 Katie Harris
What is the new deal and how will it work?
The Prime Minister and French president agreed a plan to return small boats migrants, with an asylum seeker being sent to the UK in exchange in equal numbers.
Under the pilot scheme, people arriving on a small boat can be detained and returned to France for the first time.
Asylum seekers accepted to come to the UK under the deal would travel via a safe, legal route, "subject to strict security checks".
Those in France could express an interest to apply for asylum to the UK through an online platform developed by the Home Office, and would then carry out the standard visa application process and checks.
Priority will be given to people from countries where they are most likely to be granted asylum as genuine refugees, who are most likely to be exploited by smuggling gangs and also asylum seekers who have connections to the UK.
It is not clear the criteria for deciding which migrants who arrive in the UK by small boat will be sent back to France, but it is understood the pilot will start with adults and will be based on operational factors.
New arrivals will be screened at Manston processing centre, in Kent, which is current procedure, before individuals determined to be suitable for the pilot and for detention, will be picked and held in an immigration removal centre.
Their removal is expected to be made on the grounds of inadmissibility, that they have arrived from the UK from a safe country where their case can be heard instead, because an agreement is in place with France.
The inadmissibility rule is believed to have been introduced under 2021 immigration rules to replace agreements with the European Union after Brexit, and was further enacted under the Conservative government's Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
Migrants will be able to claim exceptional circumstances against the decision.
It is expected more widely that appeals will not be successful as asylum seekers will be returned to France which is a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights and has an established asylum system.
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3 days ago18:00 Jonathan Walker
No confirmation of how many small boat migrants will be sent back to France
There have been reports that, at first, just 50 migrants per week will be returned to France.
Critics say this is a tiny number, as it comes to just 2,600 per year - when more than 20,000 have already arrived in small boats so far in 2025.
But the Home Office is currently refusing to speculate about how many will be returned.
They are certainly not denying a number of around 50 per week is planned. This will fuel criticism of the scheme.
However, the Home Office, as well as Sir Keir in the press conference, have stressed that it will be a pilot scheme to start off with, and the number of cross-Channel migrants returned to France will increase in the future.
3 days ago17:53 Jonathan Walker
One in one out deal 'will fail' if the numbers are small
Reacting to the announcement of a ‘one-in, one-out’ migration pilot, Marley Morris, associate director for migration, trade and communities, said:
"The 'one-in, one-out' pilot announced today is an important starting point for stronger UK-France cooperation on migration and asylum. After successive deals between the UK and France focused on enforcement, this proposal finally begins to consider ways to protect some of the refugees living in Calais.
“But for this deal to work it will need to eventually be scaled up. If the scale is too small, it may not have a meaningful deterrent effect for those considering whether to cross the Channel in small boats.
3 days ago17:31 Katie Harris
Tories warn deal will 'make no difference whatsoever and have no deterrent effect'
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Labour’s deal will only return one in every 17 illegal immigrants arriving. Allowing 94% of illegal immigrants to stay will make no difference whatsoever and have no deterrent effect.
“This is the latest catastrophic example that when Labour negotiates, the UK loses.
“Starmer’s first move in power was to rip up the Illegal Migration Act, scrap the Rwanda deterrent plan, weaken age checks and reopen the path to citizenship for illegal migrants. This is a green light to people smugglers.
“Labour promised to “smash the gangs”, but 2025 so far has been the worst year in history for illegal immigrants crossing the channel and 44,000 illegal immigrants have crossed since the election. Returning 50 illegal immigrants a week only represents 6% of these arrivals.
“The Conservatives would restore the Rwanda plan which Starmer cancelled just days before it was due to start. This would see 100% of illegal immigrants being immediately removed without judicial process. The Australian example showed that a 100% removals deterrent works. We will do the same here.
“We’ve had enough of Starmer’s weak and ineffective gimmicks.”
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3 days ago17:30 Katie Harris
Farage reacts to new migrant deal
In a post on X, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said: "This agreement is a humiliation for Brexit Britain. We have acted today as an EU member and bowed down to an arrogant French President."
3 days ago17:25 Jonathan Walker
Press conference ends
The press conference is over but the Government is due to provide a little more detail about how exactly the migrant scheme will work, which we will report here.
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3 days ago17:18 Jonathan Walker
The new migrant deal in Keir Starmer's words
A section from the Prime Minister's speech explaining the deal in his own words: "Now, this is a global crisis, and it’s a European crisis but it is also – very acutely - a crisis for our two nations.
"A crisis of law, security, humanity – and fairness.
"We face a sprawling, multibillion pound enterprise, run by organised criminal gangs, leading hundreds of people to their death in the Channel.
"So we are determined, together, to end this vile trade.
"There is no silver bullet here.
"But with a united effort, new tactics and a new level of intent, we can finally turn the tables.
"So I'm pleased to announce our agreement today on a groundbreaking returns pilot.
For the very first time, migrants arriving via small boat will be detained and returned to France, in short order.
In exchange for every return, a different individual will be allowed to come here via a safe route, controlled and legal, subject to strict security checks and only open to those who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.
"This will show others trying to make the same journey that it will be in vain.
And the jobs they’ve been promised in the UK will no longer exist because of the nationwide crackdown we’re delivering on illegal working, which is on a completely unprecedented scale.
The President and I have agreed that this pilot will be implemented in coming weeks."
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3 days ago17:15 Jonathan Walker
Migrant deal 'is total joke'
Responding to Starmer’s ‘one-in-one-out’ migrant deal with France, Shadow Home Office Minister Katie Lam MP said:
“Keir Starmer’s French ‘deal’ is a total joke. Swapping one of those who arrived on a dinghy for 17 Paris form-fillers won’t deter a single person from illegally and dangerously crossing the Channel.
“Instead of smashing the gangs, Starmer has rolled out the red carpet with almost 45,000 illegal migrants coming here since the general election last July. The only thing that will stop this is detention and deportation. Until Labour accepts that simple truth, Britain will remain an easy target.”
3 days ago17:13 Jonathan Walker
Brexit made it harder to combat illegal migration across the Channel, Emmanuel Macron has said
The French president told a joint press conference with Sir Keir Starmer: “Since Brexit, and I’m saying all this quite honestly, I know it’s not your case, Prime Minister, but many people in your country explained that Brexit would make it possible to fight more effectively against illegal immigration.
“But it’s in fact since Brexit (that) the UK has no migratory agreement with the EU.”
He added: “It creates an incentive to make the crossing, the precise opposite of what Brexit had promised.”
Referring to “renewed trust” between the UK and Europe after Brexit, he later said the British people were “sold a lie…which is that the problem was Europe, but the problem has become Brexit”.
He said: “With your Government, we’re pragmatic, and for the first time in nine years, we’re providing a response.”
3 days ago17:09 Jonathan Walker
The pilot will 'prove the concept'
"if it works, what it does is break the model" says Starmer.
Asked how the UK will decide who to return, he says "I'm not going to go into the details of that".
It's still not clear how many people will be returned, but Sir Keir didn't respond to a suggestion from a journalist that it would be 50 per week - far fewer than the number arriving.
He has repeatedly stressed however that this is a pilot scheme and the numbers will go up.
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3 days ago17:08 Martyn Brown
Stamer makes sideswipe at Farage
Sir Keir Starmer takes a swipe at Nigel Farage saying that while he and the French President have been trying to solve the problem while "others have been taking pictures".
3 days ago17:07 Jonathan Walker
More detail on the 'one in, one out' deal
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 would help “finally turn the tables” on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.
Under the pilot scheme, people arriving on a small boat can be detained and returned to France for the first time.
The Prime Minister set out the plan at the conclusion of Mr Macron’s three-day state visit to the UK.
At a joint press conference with Mr Macron, he said: “There is no silver bullet here, but with a united effort, new tactics and a new level of intent, we can finally turn the tables.”
Under the “groundbreaking” pilot scheme, “for the very first time, migrants arriving via small boat will be detained and returned to France in short order”.
“In exchange for every return, a different individual will be allowed to come here via a safe route, controlled and legal, subject to strict security checks and only open to those who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.”
3 days ago17:04 Jonathan Walker
Failure to control illegal work has caused the UK's problem suggests Macron
The French President says one of reasons migrants are so keen to go to the UK is that they can work here illegally - unlike in France.
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3 days ago17:02 Jonathan Walker
Macron launches furious attack on Brexit
The French President says "the British people were sold a lie that the problem was Europe" as he repeats his claim that Brexit made fighting illegal co-operation harder.
He says the one-in, one-out deal needs the agreement of other countries such as Greece.
And he says one in three asylum seekers who come in to the Schengen area in the EU want to come to Europe.
3 days ago16:59 Jonathan Walker
Only a small number of migrants sent home at first?
Keir Starmer says "this is groundbreaking because this is a scheme intended to ... make it clear that if you cross in small boats then you will end up where you started."
However, the Prime Minister seems to confirm that only a small number of migrants will be sent home at first, as he says the numbers will "ramp up" once the pilot scheme is over.
3 days ago16:57 Jonathan Walker
UK has promised to tackle 'pull factors' such as illegal working
President Macron says Keir Starmer said the UK would tackle issues encouraging illegal migrants to come to Britain, such as the propsect of working even though they would not have the right to do so.
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3 days ago16:56 Jonathan Walker
Macron blames Brexit for increase in migrant crossings
The French President said supporters of Brexit claimed it would make it easier to control illegal migration but it actually made it harder
3 days ago16:54 Jonathan Walker
People smugglers are taking more risks than ever
President Macron says that people smugglers are taking more risks - and putting migrants in more danger - than ever before
3 days ago16:52 Jonathan Walker
UK and France to co-ordinate nuclear weapons
The UK and France have signed a declaration agreeing to coordinate their nuclear deterrents, Sir Keir Starmer said.
The Prime Minister said: “Now as Europe’s only nuclear powers and as leaders in Nato, we play a vital role in preserving the peace and security on this continent.
“So today, we’ve updated the historic Lancaster House treaty to protect our people and our way of work.
“This is a major modernisation.
“We are overhauling combined joint expeditionary force to make it five times larger, 50,000 troops strong, able to act across every domain.
“But with going further, this morning, we signed the Northwood Declaration, confirming for the first time that we are coordinating our independent nuclear deterrents.
“From today, our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations.”
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3 days ago16:49 Jonathan Walker
Here's what's been agreed
The key announcement today is that the UK and France have agreed a "one in, one out" deal to stop small boat crossings.
The UK will send people who arrive in dinghies from France back to France.
In return, however, the UK will accept asylum seekers if they have a link to our country, for example of they have relatives here.
A key question is how many small boat migrants the UK will be allowed to send back. More than 20,000 have arrived so far this year. We may find out the numbers as the press conference continues.
A pilot scheme is due to start in weeks.
The PM speaks alongside the French President (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
3 days ago16:48 Jonathan Walker
US joined 'Coalition of the Willing' meeting
The United States joined a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, the Prime Minister said.
Sir Keir Starmer said: “We’ve strengthened our work to stand together for European security and in support of Ukraine, because I’m clear, the security of the British people starts in Ukraine.
“We have just co-chaired a meeting of the Coalition for the Willing, including representatives from the United States for the first time.
“We announced plans for a new multinational force Ukraine headquartered in Paris, so that we’re ready to support a peace deal when it comes but while (Vladimir) Putin turns his back on peace, we are running more support for Ukraine right now to defend their people and force Putin to the table.”
3 days ago16:47 Jonathan Walker
Starmer and Macron working closely together
The pair were photographed earlier today. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and President of France Emmanuel Macron during a joint military visit to the Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) centre in Northwood, London, on day three of his state visit to the UK.
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3 days ago16:45 Jonathan Walker
'Groundbreaking' deal means small boat migrants will be sent back to France
At a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron, Sir Keir Starmer set out the deal they had struck to tackle cross-Channel migrants.
Sir Keir said: “There is no silver bullet here, but with a united effort, new tactics and a new level of intent, we can finally turn the tables.
“So I am pleased to announce our agreement today on a groundbreaking returns pilot.
“For the very first time, migrants arriving via small boat will be detained and returned to France in short order.”
3 days ago16:45 Jonathan Walker
But UK must accept some asylum seekers, PM insists
Stopping small boats crossing the Channel requires working with other countries, the Prime Minister has said.
Sir Keir Starmer told a joint press conference: “I know some people will still ask, why should we take anyone in? So let me address that directly.
“We accept genuine asylum seekers because it is right that we offer a haven to those in most dire need.
“But there is also something else, something more practical which is that we simply cannot solve a challenge like stopping the boats by acting alone and telling our allies that we won’t play ball.
“That is why today’s agreement is so important, because we will solve this, like so many of our problems, by working together.”
3 days ago16:44 Jonathan Walker
Small boat migrants will realise there is no point coming, says Starmer
The UK’s new migration deal with France will show people that attempting to cross the Channel in small boats will be “in vain”, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Confirming the "one in, one out" deal, the Prime Minister told a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron: “In exchange for every return, a different individual will be allowed to come here via a safe route, controlled and legal, subject to strict security checks and only open to those who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.
“This will show others trying to make the same journey that it will be in vain, and the jobs they have been promised in the UK will no longer exist because of the nationwide crackdown we’re delivering on illegal working which is on a completely unprecedented scale.
“The president and I have agreed that this pilot will be implemented in the coming weeks.”
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3 days ago16:42 Jonathan Walker
We face 'a major conflict in Europe'
Macron says a strategic alliance between France and the UK must protect Europe in the face of a 'major conflict' - a reference to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
3 days ago16:41 Jonathan Walker
Plans for peacekeeping force in Ukraine stepped up
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday held talks with nations that have joined a “Coalition of the Willing” to preserve the peace in Ukraine if Russia’s invasion ends. France and the UK are expected to provide the bulk of the military force, although the plan also requires support from the US.
The Coalition summit agreed to create a new permanent headquarters in Paris, with plans in place for a future coordination cell in Kyiv, as part of efforts to finalise command structures for the peace-keeping force.
Sir Keir said: “Supporting Ukraine is not just the right thing to do, it’s essential for delivering security at home. That is why the Coalition of the Willing is ensuring we have a future force that can deploy following a ceasefire to deter Russian aggression for years to come.”
3 days ago16:41 Jonathan Walker
New France-UK deals will 'mark the decades to come'
President Macron is speaking - he says the UK and France will co-operate more closely on defence.
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3 days ago16:41 Jonathan Walker
Starmer says he has done 'quiet, serious diplomacy'
The Prime Minister said: “Previous governments tried and failed to secure results like this.
“We can achieve them now because we’ve taken the time and the care to do the real work, the quiet, serious diplomacy, to build proper relationships which multiply our strength and the opportunities that we enjoy.
“So Emmanuel, thank you so much for being here. We represent two proud and fiercely independent nations. But by working together we’re delivering for our people and we’re a force for good in a dangerous world.”
3 days ago16:40 Jonathan Walker
'One in, one out' migrant deal confirmed
Sir Keir Starmer said he had agreed a “groundbreaking” one in, one out deal with Emmanuel Macron to return small boats migrants in exchange for asylum seekers in France.
The Prime Minister made the announcement at a joint press conference alongside the French President.
3 days ago16:15 Jonathan Walker
Leaders to announce migration deal
We are expecting the UK and French leaders to announce details of their deal to stop small boat Channel crossings very soon.
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3 days ago16:13 Jonathan Walker
The room where the statement will be made
Our Political Editor Martyn Brown is in the room where Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are about to speak. He sent this photo showing what the stage looks like right now.
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3 days ago15:16 Christian Calgie
Starmer and Macron host 'coalition of the willing'
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have jointly hosted a virtual meeting of the 'coalition of the willing' this afternoon.
The group is formed of countries willing to offer troops to back up any Ukraine-Russian ceasefire.
Coalition of the willing (Image: No.10)
3 days ago14:20 Jonathan Walker
US says there are new ideas to bring peace to Ukraine
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia.
“I think it’s a new and a different approach,” Mr Rubio told reporters after talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
“I wouldn’t characterise it as something that guarantees a peace, but it’s a concept that, you know, that I’ll take back to the president.”
He did not elaborate.
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3 days ago13:40 Jonathan Walker
Invest in Ukraine, urge EU leaders
European leaders have urged private business and equity to invest in rebuilding Ukraine now, even as Russia accelerates its war, as they opened an annual recovery conference with announcements of a new equity fund and public-private partnerships amid uncertainties of the US commitment to Kyiv’s defence.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky kicked off the proceedings in Rome as Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital with another major missile and drone attack overnight in some of the heaviest attacks on Kyiv in the more than three-year war.
Keir Starmer and France's President Macron are discussing the war in Ukraine today.
3 days ago13:16 Jonathan Walker
Kemi Badenoch fury at Tory defectors
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has lashed out after former Tory Sir Jake Berry defected to Reform.
She said politicians now defecting from the Tories to Reform have “probably been holding us back for a long time”.
The Conservative leader told an audience at the Centre for Social Justice: “The Conservatives Party is the only party that wants people to live within their means.
“And if people who want more welfare and higher taxes and more spend, they are very welcome to go to those parties that are offering that.
“But we are the Conservative Party, and if there are people who are not Conservatives, people who have probably been holding us back for a long time, then they should go to other parties that fit in with their values.”
3 days ago12:35 Steph Spyro
No10: Level of co-operation with France 'never been stronger'
The level of co-operation with France has “never been stronger”, Downing Street has said as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to hammer out a migration deal with Emmanuel Macron.
A No 10 spokesman said he would not speculate on the details of a potential agreement and that “innovative” approaches and a “targeted international response” were needed to tackle illegal migration.
“Our co-operation with France has never been stronger,” he said.
Asked if Sir Keir Starmer still thinks the situation in the Channel is deteriorating, he said: “We’ve been consistently clear that the numbers are unacceptable.”
He welcomed the “changing tactics” of French authorities in recent weeks.
He continued: “Clearly, more work needs to be done, as I say, we will approach that, whether that is investing in border security command, whether that is working with our international allies. We’re clear that this is an international problem, cracking down on these gangs cannot be done singularly.”
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3 days ago12:32 Steph Spyro
Farage heads to Channel ahead of Macron-Starmer meeting
Reform leader Nigel Farage took to X, formerly Twitter, to say there were 78 illegal migrants on board a boat in the English Channel.
He added: "Only four of them are women and children. Are you watching Darren Jones?"
There are 78 illegal migrants on board this boat in the English Channel.
Only 4 of them are women and children.
Are you watching @DarrenPJones? pic.twitter.com/f4f6nh4ZLF
\u2014 Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) July 10, 2025
3 days ago12:27 Jonathan Walker
'New tactics' will stop the boats says Starmer
The UK will address illegal migration with “new tactics” and a “new level of intent”, Sir Keir Starmer said at the start of the Franco-British summit.
The Prime Minister said: “In uncertain times, we achieve more by strengthening our relationship with our allies, so that is what today is all about working together on the priorities that we share as two nations.
“For us, it’s about delivering the changes that the British people want to see, and we will agree the situation in the Channel cannot go on as it is. So we’re bringing new tactics into play and a new level of intent to tackle illegal migration and break the business model of the criminal gangs.”
Attendees at the meeting in Downing Street included Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
3 days ago12:26 Jonathan Walker
Macron says he is determined to help end small boat crossings
France and the UK “share the same will” to address illegal immigration, President Emmanuel Macron said as the Franco-British summit began.
Speaking in French, Mr Macron said: “We share the same will to tackle networks of illegal immigration through great co-ordination with other European countries.
“We have often mentioned France is the last destination before Great Britain for these men and women who often journey through paths of misery and are exploited by traffickers.
“We will work with countries of first entry in Europe (as) our intention is also to engage all countries who share a responsibility alongside us.”
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3 days ago12:25 Jonathan Walker
Farage says he saw small boat migrants with his own eyes
Migrants are making the journey across the English Channel as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are in crunch talks over a deal to curb the crossings.
Border Force vessels have been sent as part of the response to multiple boats on Thursday morning, according to HM coastguard.
A spokesman said: “HM Coastguard has been co-ordinating a response to multiple incidents involving small boats in the Channel this morning, 10 July.
“UK Border Force vessels have been sent as part of this response.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posted on X that he was also in the Channel and saw 78 migrants, including four women and children.
Speaking to GB News from a boat in the Channel, he said: “This is a classic day in the English Channel over the last five years when the weather’s calm, or a red day, as they call it.
“You’ve got a migrant boat and we’ve seen it through the binoculars.
“There’s about 70 people on board, being escorted, all the way over by the French Navy and behind us, we have Border Force sitting on the 12-mile line, waiting for the handover.”
3 days ago11:20 Christian Calgie
Rishi Sunak spotted... but not in Parliament
Rishi Sunak has been snapped enjoying the cricket at Lords today, pictured next to former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
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4 days ago08:12 Steph Spyro
Small boat crisis is 'shared challenge' between UK and France
Defence Secretary John Healey has said tackling small boats crossing in the Channel is a “shared challenge” between France and the UK.
This comes as Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron engage in talks to hammer out a migration deal during a Franco-British summit at Downing Street on Thursday.
Asked whether France could stop all the small boats crossing “overnight” if they wished to, Mr Healey told Sky News: “The discussions are only taking place because over the last year, we’ve been able to establish with the French a recognition that this is a shared challenge, that they are working together with us, and that’s the reason that we’ve seen increased beach patrols, more drone patrols.”
He added: “As a Government, we’re not interested in blame.
“We’re interested in taking the action together that can help reduce the number of small boats coming across, the number of lives also being lost in the Channel…
“And we’re interested in re-establishing the control of our borders that the previous government lost in the recent years.”
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4 days ago08:02 Jonathan Walker
More defence co-operation also on the table
The key issue as talks between Keir Starmer and France's President Macron continue today will be ending small boat crossings.
But defence is also being discussed. The Franco-British summit will discuss the two countries’ means of deterrence “in the face of extreme threats” in Europe, Defence Secretary John Healey has said.
Asked about the 37th Franco-British summit to take place at Downing Street on Thursday, Mr Healey told Sky News: “It’s the first summit with a European ally since the end of Brexit, which is quite extraordinary, but it demonstrates the way that as a Government, we set out this last year to reset relations with key European allies.
“And France has always been our longest-standing ally.
“We’re close on military co-operation, so we’ll be announcing new co-ordination on nuclear co-operation, on research, on exercising, (and) on testing."
Mr Healey added the two nations will discuss increased co-operation of their militaries with a view to create “a force of 50,000 ready to activate to defend Europe”.
4 days ago07:27 Steph Spyro
Starmer hoping for 'one in, one out' deal on migration
The Prime Minister hopes the French president will sign up to a “one in, one out” deal when they hold a Franco-British summit at Downing Street on Thursday, the last day of Mr Macron’s state visit to the UK.
Under the terms of the deal, Britain would accept migrants with links to the country in exchange for sending others back across the channel.
French newspaper Le Monde reported that some 50 migrants a week would initially be returned to France under the terms of the proposed deal, which it described as largely symbolic.
If such a deal were struck, it would only result in the return of a fraction of the 21,000 people who have made the channel crossing so far in 2025, a record for this point in a year.
4 days ago07:19 Steph Spyro
Macron and Starmer preparing for crunch migration talks
When Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer met in Downing Street on Wednesday, the small boats crisis appeared to be the mainstay of their conversations.
The pair agreed the crossings are a “shared priority that requires shared solutions”, a Downing Street spokesperson said.
They added: “The Prime Minister spoke of his Government’s toughening of the system in the past year to ensure rules are respected and enforced, including a massive surge in illegal working arrests to end the false promise of jobs that are used to sell spaces on boats.
“The two leaders agreed on the need to go further and make progress on new and innovative solutions, including a new deterrent to break the business model of these gangs.”
Both Mr Macron and Sir Keir aim for “concrete progress” on the matter at Thursday’s summit, No 10 said, as well as in other areas like support for Ukraine.
Starmer and Macron during French President's state visit (Image: Getty)
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