Macron and Starmer hold press conference after intense talks on new migration deal - French president to end three-day state visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal crossings

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed the "breakthrough" and said it would help "turn the tables" on the migrant crisis in the English Channel

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a “groundbreaking” one in, one out deal with Emmanuel Macron to return small boats migrants in exchange for asylum seekers in France. The UK’s new migration deal with France will show people that attempting to cross the Channel in small boats will be “in vain”,