US EditionMacron blames Brexit for migration crisis as Channel deal unravels
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 10 – The UK and France agree to return one migrant for each sent back amid record 21,000 Channel crossings in 2025, addressing border control challenges post-Brexit.
- As Macron’s visit concluded, Starmer and Macron announced a groundbreaking one-in, one-out migration deal.
- Amid record Channel crossings, which rose from 1,843 in 2019 to over 21,000 in 2025, Macron blamed Brexit's lack of EU migration agreements for the surge.
- Official UK data show nearly 20,000 asylum seekers arrived by small boats in 2025, with the pilot swapping about 50 migrants weekly to deter illegal crossings, Starmer said.
- Opponents criticized the deal, with Farage calling it `a humiliation for Brexit Britain` and Philp warning it returns only one in 17 migrants.
- Next steps involve scaling up the 'one-in, one-out' scheme and implementing new deterrents to disrupt smuggling gangs, following leaders' agreement on innovative solutions.
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The European Union said today it would assess the legality of the migrant deal signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron before expressing its support for the deal.
In future, France and the UK want to treat boat refugees in the ratio of "one in, one out". The pilot project is reminiscent of the EU-Turkey deal.
During a visit to the UK, France's President Macron agreed with British Prime Minister Starmer on a pilot project on the return of migrants.
On Thursday, after his official visit, Emmanuel Macron signed an agreement with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Since the beginning of the year, more than 21,000 people have illegally attempted to cross the English Channel.
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