British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced tougher migration controls on Thursday, ending a state visit with deals on defence, nuclear cooperation and plans to support Ukraine in case of a ceasefire.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reached a “one in, one out” migrant returns trial with French President Emmanuel Macron as they attempt to slash the number of people crossing the English Channel on dangerous small boats.

Migrants were pictured reaching the shores of Dover on Friday morning, hours after Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer signed a new bilateral immigration deal. The UK prime minister and French president agreed a pilot "one in, one out" scheme for migrants during the thrid and final day of the Anglo-French summit in the UK.