Britain said it will begin implementing a deal to return some migrants who arrive on small boats to France within days, a key part of its plans to cut illegal migration, after a treaty on the arrangement is ratified on Tuesday.

Britain said it will start work within days to implement a deal to return some migrants who arrive on small boats to France, a key part of its plans to cut illegal migration, after a treaty on the arrangement was ratified on Tuesday.

Last month, Sir Keir Starmer said the deal would ‘turn the tables’ on the people smugglers who bring them here