He says small boats migrants will be returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.

France and the UK just unveiled a groundbreaking "one in, one out" migration deal aimed at tackling the surge of undocumented migrants crossing the English Channel. Under this new agreement, Britain will deport small boat migrants back to France in exchange for legal asylum seekers with family ties in the UK.

Yvette Cooper insisted the plan would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the people smugglers organising the crossings.