UK Labour leader Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to announce a ‘one in, one out’ asylum seeker returns deal. The crackdown on small boat arrivals is similar to the EU-Türkiye agreement and comes as Starmer faces increasing pressure from the hard right.

Yvette Cooper has commended France’s new strategies to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats. This comes ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the UK, during which new initiatives are expected to be announced. Ongoing discussions between French and British officials signal a strengthened collaborative effort to address the issue.