Labour’s ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal fiasco: As Cooper attempts asylum ‘crackdown’, it emerges 3,567 people have landed in dinghies since deal with France was struck – and NONE have been returned
Labour admitted on Monday night that no Channel migrants have been returned to France yet under its much-vaunted ‘one in, one out’ deal.
Ministers had claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, and the first small boat arrivals due to be returned were detained in Dover at the start of August.
But the Home Secretary told Parliament on Monday that she now expects the deportations to begin ‘later this month’.
And Yvette Cooper would not tell MPs how many people would be in the first tranche, while some 3,567 more people have landed in dinghies since the deal with France was ratified – adding to the record numbers arriving this year.
It came as she launched a crackdown on the family reunion scheme, barring refugees from bringing their partners and children to the UK, while Sir Keir Starmer vowed to speed up the closure of asylum hotels in the wake of angry protests around the country.
On Monday night Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Mail: ‘The Government claimed in July that a handful of migrants would be sent back to France within weeks – but it’s now September and not a single person has been sent back.
‘Under Labour, a small boat to the UK is a one-way ticket to one of Keir Starmer’s cushy hotels – paid for by hard-pressed taxpayers. This weak government has lost control of our borders and won’t do what is needed to fix it.
‘Labour has flung open the doors to the UK and this year they have let in the highest number of illegal immigrants across the channel ever.
“They are too weak to do what’s needed to fix this – which is make sure that every single illegal immigrant is removed immediately upon arrival. Then, no one would bother crossing in the first place.’
The one-in, one-out deal was announced by the Prime Minister and President Emmanuel Macron on July 10th at the end of the Anglo-French summit.
Sir Keir said at the time that the ‘ground-breaking’ pilot project – under which some migrants arriving in small boats would be detained and returned to France while the same number of genuine asylum-seekers would be allowed to come to the UK – would begin ‘in the coming weeks’.
The Home Secretary also told MPs on July 14th that the expectation was ‘that that pilot will be operationalised in the coming weeks’.
It was announced on August 4th that the treaty had been ratified, then the Home Office revealed that ‘detentions began for those who arrived in the UK on a small boat’ on August 6th, stating: ‘The UK will make referrals to France within 3 days, and the French authorities will be expected to respond within 14 days.’
But almost four weeks on, the cases are still being processed although sources insisted that those detained are still being
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