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Well, another plan to cut illegal migration numbers (the topic that will win Reform the next election) and it's straight away a hot topic on some discussion programs here.
www.bbc.co.uk
The mechanics of this will be interesting to follow - the numbers are very small (as you'd expect with a pilot) and I've heard it wondered already whether those who are currently handing themselves over so as to seek asylum will now instead disappear. A Reform / Brexit Party spokesperson has suggested Royal Navy boats will force the small boats back at sea (fine in still, sunny seas but what happens in winter / choppy seas when a boat sinks?) or more controversially and pleasing to the average Reform voter - somehow we will enter forcibly French waters and drop these people back on French beaches.
Then as a juicy sidenote - Macron left with a parting shot that this was all down to Brexit.
and
www.independent.co.uk
If you are in the UK, there was a fiery debate at 12:00 today on this very subject on Jeremy Vine's lunchtime Radio 2 show. At the heart, there was the now predictable argument that Brexit wasn't done properly - but we still lack detail on how Reform/UKIP/Brexit Party would actually have done it differently.
And we'll never get that answer.
Starmer hails the deal as "groundbreaking", saying that migrants arriving via small boats will be
"detained and returned to France in short order".
In exchange, he says, others will be allowed to come into the UK via a safe, legal and controlled route.
This will be subject to "strict security checks" and will only be open to those who have not previously
tried to illegally enter the UK.
The PM explains that the UK offers a "haven" for genuine asylum seekers in dire need, but adds
that the country cannot solve the challenge of migration by acting alone.
"detained and returned to France in short order".
In exchange, he says, others will be allowed to come into the UK via a safe, legal and controlled route.
This will be subject to "strict security checks" and will only be open to those who have not previously
tried to illegally enter the UK.
The PM explains that the UK offers a "haven" for genuine asylum seekers in dire need, but adds
that the country cannot solve the challenge of migration by acting alone.
Starmer says 'one in, one out' migrant deal with France to begin within weeks
He says small boats migrants will be returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.
www.bbc.co.uk
The mechanics of this will be interesting to follow - the numbers are very small (as you'd expect with a pilot) and I've heard it wondered already whether those who are currently handing themselves over so as to seek asylum will now instead disappear. A Reform / Brexit Party spokesperson has suggested Royal Navy boats will force the small boats back at sea (fine in still, sunny seas but what happens in winter / choppy seas when a boat sinks?) or more controversially and pleasing to the average Reform voter - somehow we will enter forcibly French waters and drop these people back on French beaches.
Then as a juicy sidenote - Macron left with a parting shot that this was all down to Brexit.
"the French president said voters were “sold a lie” on Brexit when they were told it would “make it
possible to fight more effectively against illegal immigration"
possible to fight more effectively against illegal immigration"
and
"said that because Brexit left the UK without a returns agreement with the EU: “it creates an
incentive to make the crossing, the precise opposite of what Brexit had promised”."
incentive to make the crossing, the precise opposite of what Brexit had promised”."
Yvette Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe over migration
Home secretary asked whether she agrees with French president’s claim voters were ‘sold a lie’ on Brexit
www.independent.co.uk
If you are in the UK, there was a fiery debate at 12:00 today on this very subject on Jeremy Vine's lunchtime Radio 2 show. At the heart, there was the now predictable argument that Brexit wasn't done properly - but we still lack detail on how Reform/UKIP/Brexit Party would actually have done it differently.
And we'll never get that answer.