First migrants detained under returns deal with France

The archetypal radical person been detained nether the "one in, 1 out" returns woody agreed with France, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

The Home Office said the detentions began for those who arrived by tiny vessel yesterday lunchtime, and those detained volition beryllium held successful migration centres pending their removal.

The premier curate wrote connected the X societal media platform: "We person detained the archetypal amerciable migrants nether our caller woody earlier returning them to France.

"No gimmicks, conscionable results. If you interruption the instrumentality to participate this country, you volition look being sent back.

"When I accidental I volition halt astatine thing to unafraid our borders, I mean it."

The scheme, which was agreed past period and came into unit yesterday, allows adults arriving connected a tiny vessel to beryllium sent backmost to France.

In exchange, the UK volition let an approved asylum seeker successful France with links to the UK to beryllium brought present via a harmless route.

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