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Politics
David Lynch

First migrant returns under UK-France deal ‘to begin this month’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper making a statement on borders and asylum to MPs in the House of Commons (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to speed up efforts to empty asylum hotels before the next election as the Home Secretary announced the first returns of migrants crossing the Channel will begin later this month.

The Government has committed to empty all hotels currently housing migrants by the end of the Parliament, which could be as late as 2029, but the Prime Minister suggested he wanted to “bring that forward” without committing to a date.

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