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The Independent UK
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Holly Bishop

Starmer takes swipe at Farage in migrant deal announcement with Macron

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer takes a swipe at Nigel Farage whilst announcing a migrant deal with France.

Speaking with Emmanuel Macron in a joint address on Thursday (10 July), the British prime minister said dealing with migration requires a “serious, pragmatic response, not the performative politics of the easy answers”.

He said that it is that himself and Mr Macron who have been “working hard to get a returns agreement” whilst “others have simply been taking pictures”.

The prime minister appeared to reference the Reform UK leader, who earlier on Thursday went to Dover with GB News where he witnessed a migrant boat crossing the English Channel.

The British and French leaders have agreed to a pilot "one in, one out" plan to send back small boats migrants, with an asylum seeker being sent to the UK in exchange.

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