A "one in, one out" deal agreed by the UK and French governments on Thursday proposes that for each migrant the UK returns, Britain will accept another who has made a legal claim in France.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday (July 10) that they had agreed on a "one in, one out" returns scheme - which would see Britain deporting to France undocumented people arriving in small boats,

Britain and France agreed Thursday to a pilot plan that will send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France as the U.K. government struggles to tamp down criticism it has lost control of the country's borders.