Starmer and Macron agree ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal as hundreds cross Channel in small boats
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/macron-starmer-small-boats-migrant-deal-b2786648.html

>he and the prime minister announced a pilot scheme which could see around 50 illegal migrants arriving in small boats returned to France each week in exchange for asylum seekers being held there.

>So I am pleased to announce our agreement today on a groundbreaking returns pilot. For the very first time, migrants arriving via small boat will be detained and returned to France in short order.”

>The prime minister told a joint press conference: “In exchange for every return, a different individual will be allowed to come here via a safe route, controlled and legal, subject to strict security checks and only open to those who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.

Is this a fucking joke?