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Home Office issues key update on number of migrants returned to France

The Home Office said 20 people were sent back on Thursday, following 13 deportations on October 22.

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Some 75 Channel migrants have been removed to France (Image: Getty)

Some 75 Channel migrants have been returned to France under Keir Starmer’s one-in-one-out deal with Emmanuel Macron.

The Home Office said 20 people were sent back on Thursday, following 13 deportations on October 22.

And 51 asylum seekers have arrived in the UK under the scheme.

Officials say they have “undergone full documentation, security and eligibility checks”.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “For many years, illegal migrants entered our country with no consequence.

“These returns send a warning to those considering entering this country illegally: if you come here by small boat, you can be sent back.

“We are scaling up these removals to France and will do whatever it takes to secure our borders.”

It comes as an Iranian man re-entered the UK by small boat for a second time on October 18, a month after he was returned to France.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted his approach to stopping small boats is on course, but Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said the man’s return to the country shows the Government is “in total chaos”.

It is understood the man claims to be a victim of modern slavery, while the Home Office is working to deport him again.

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