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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell and David Maddox

What is Starmer and Macron’s ‘one-in, one out’ migrant deal and will it work?

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have struck a landmark deal to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

The “one-in, one-out” agreement will see some of those who arrive in the UK illegally via the Channel sent straight back for the first time since Brexit, with Britain taking an equivalent number of migrants from France in return.

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