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More than 1,000 migrants arrived in small boats in a single day, despite a returns agreement with France
- More than 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK by small boats on Friday despite deportations under a new deal with France.
- The UK-France 'one in, one out' deal aims to deter migrants by returning arrivals to France while allowing legal asylum claims into the UK.
- On Friday, an Iranian individual was the third person to be sent back to France under the agreement, following earlier deportations of an Eritrean man the same day and an Indian national the previous day.
- Home Office figures reported 1,072 people made the crossing in 13 boats on Friday, while the total crossings in 2025 reached 32,103, a record for this point in the year.
- Despite government hopes the deal would deter crossings, the scale of recent arrivals suggests the policy has had little effect so far on migrants prepared to make the journey.
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The number of people attempting the crossing underlines the scale of the challenge facing Keir Starmer's government as it struggles to bring the crisis under control.
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Right
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- 45% of the sources lean Right
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C 27%
R 45%
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