#migrant-returns-scheme

#migrant-returns-scheme

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticized Labour's migrant returns scheme, calling it a gimmick that would only affect 6% of illegal immigrants entering the UK.

The new migrant returns scheme agreed with France is designed to deter small boat crossings and combat people smugglers effectively, with robust legal backing.

"Since Brexit, the UK has no migratory agreement with the EU, creating an incentive to make the crossing, the precise opposite of what Brexit had promised."