More than 800 illegal boat migrants crossed the English Channel from France on Saturday, marking a fresh record for the month of December since 2018.

After a month of relative quiet in the waterway due to harsh weather conditions, Channel crossings have begun to ramp back up again, with 737 crossings last weekend and a further 803 arrived on Saturday.

Despite inking the deal in July, the scheme had only successfully removed 153 people as of last month. Meanwhile, there have been documented cases of migrants simply returning to Britain on small boats after being removed under the scheme to France.

In contrast to the scheme negotiated by Starmer…

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