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According to the Times and the Sun, the UK will return 50 migrants a week to France under a pilot scheme that could be extended in the future. This means one in 17 migrants who arrive in small boats will be returned to France, according to the Times' calculations.
President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which begins Tuesday, will be heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.
Macron’s three-day visit, at the invitation of King Charles III, is the first state visit to the UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit.
French President Emmanuel Macron to meet Keir Starmer in Downing Street, as part of negotiations over how the UK and France can better tackle migration across the channel.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNFrance's Macron kicks off 'historic' UK state visitFrench President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit. The first state visit by an EU head of state since the UK's acrimonious 2020 departure from the European Union,
The Bayeux Tapestry will return to England for the first time in 900 years in a swap which will see the Sutton Hoo ship treasures head to France, according to reports.
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron joked about Larry the cat, ahead of talks to finalise a plan on tackling migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.