Starmer: Returns deal will ‘break the model’

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Sir Keir Starmer says the UK-France returns pilot is designed to “break the model” of small boat crossings. The prime minister said those arriving illegally would be sent back to France, making clear “you’ll end up where you started”. Mr Starmer described the plan as “groundbreaking”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00This is groundbreaking because this is a scheme intended to break the model and to make it clear

00:08that if you cross in a small boat then you'll end up where you started and the purpose of that is a

00:15pilot to break the model and therefore obviously the numbers if successful will ramp up but it's

00:22a pilot to break the model that is the whole point of it. It is groundbreaking and it's no wonder

00:27that for years British governments, previous governments have been trying to secure a deal

00:34like this, a returns agreement like this because all governments have realised just how important it is

00:40and we've now been able to agree it and we've agreed it because we have cooperated, collaborated

00:48through serious diplomacy to get an outcome which is best for both of our countries and so

00:55I'm very pleased that we've been able to agree this here today.

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