The Prime Minister is not looking for a migrant returns deal with fellow European nations, the Foreign Secretary has told LBC.
The Times newspaper reported that Sir Keir Starmer is expected to push for a new migrants return deal with the EU at a summit to be held in the UK on Thursday.But speaking to LBC's Tom Swarbrick, David Lammy said the newspaper was "wrong". “Very good newspaper, I read it every morning, but I don’t recognise that story at all. I’m afraid it’s wrong,” Mr Lammy said.
Ahead of the summit, which is being held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the PM called for action across Europe to tackle the international "people-smuggling webs".Over 380,000 people are believed to have entered the EU through irregular routes in 2023 - an increase of 17% on the previous year.Around 41% of those arrivals are believed to have come in small boats across the Central Mediterranean, 26% on land through the Balkans, and 16% coming across the Eastern Mediterranean.
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