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Readers shared their comments justifying their belief that Starmer should focus on the small boats crisis(Image: PA)<\/p>\nKeir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are discussing a ‘one-in-one-out’ agreement that would see an initial 50 failed asylum seekers returned to France a week – with No10 hoping this can be ramped upReaders shared their comments justifying their belief that Starmer should focus on the small boats crisis(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
The UK is on the brink of a deal that would initially see around 50 small boat arrivals returned to France each week, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Keir Starmer<\/a> and French President Emmanuel Macron are hammering out a “one-in-one-out” agreement that would see Britain send migrants back for the first time since Brexit<\/a>. Under plans being discussed, the UK would remove failed asylum seekers and in exchange accept people with legitimate asylum claims.<\/p>\n No10 insiders are hopeful that following a trial period – which would see around 2,600 returns per year – the numbers will be ramped up. Mr Macron is in the UK on a three-day state visit, with the PM hopeful of reaching an agreement he believes will hamper smuggling gangs behind thousands of crossings each month.<\/p>\n The two leaders agreed that “shared solutions” are needed to tackle small boat crossing during crunch talks, Downing Street said.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Disabled will lose \u00a33,000 a year in ‘stain on Labour Party’ benefit cuts, MPs told<\/a> A French diplomatic souce told Le Monde that a return scheme would be launched as an “experiment”. They said: \u201cWe would experiment with returning to France a person who arrived by \u2018small boat\u2019 and had their asylum application in England rejected, and, in return, a person with family ties in England would be admitted.”<\/p>\n The UK has been desperate to reach a return agreement with Europe, having lost access to the Dublin Agreement system after Brexit. This allows countries to transfer unauthorised arrivals to other EU nations based on a range of factors including which country they first set foot in.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_State-Visit-By-The-President-Of-The-French-Republic-Day-Two.jpg\")
The two leaders agreed to work together to tackle small boat crossings(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n