Keir Starmer yesterday hailed the “groundbreaking” migrant returns deal he has struck with French president Emmanuel Macron. The agreement will see France initially accept a small number of asylum seekers who have made their way to the UK in small boats across the English Channel.

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge, Downing Street said as the EU suggested it is assessing whether the agreement complies with “the spirit and letter of the law”.

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