The UK’s one-in-one out returns deal with France is set to begin in a matter of days, the government has announced, as pressure piles on ministers to take further action to stop people from making the dangerous journey across the Channel.
The agreement, announced by the prime minister in a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron last month, means that for each small boat migrant sent back across the English Channel, an asylum seeker will be allowed to enter the UK from France under a legal route.
