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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Matt Watts and Nicholas Cecil

Macron is right it's too easy to work illegally in UK, says Yvette Cooper after new 'small boats' deal agreed

French president Emmanuel Macron is right to say it’s too easy to work illegally in Britain, admitted Home Secretary Yvette Cooper after the two countries agreed a new deal to tackle the “small boats’” Channel crisis.

Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday announced a “groundbreaking” one in, one out deal with Mr Macron to return small boats migrants in exchange for asylum seekers in France.

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