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Stanley Murphy-Johns

Migrant charity says new UK and France deal will be ‘drop in the ocean’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron as they hold a press conference during a joint military visit to the Allied Maritime Command (Marcom) centre in Northwood, London, on day three of his state visit to the UK (PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK Government’s new one in, one out migration agreement with France “lacks transparency” and is “sidestepping the issue”, charity leaders have said.

Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced their new migrant return agreement which is due to begin within weeks.

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