Philp: UK-France migrant returns deal won't act as deterrent

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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the government's migrant returns deal with France "won't act as any deterrent" for small boat crossings, despite the prime minister announcing the first detention under the new deal. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, the government are refusing to give any numbers, but we believe the number of people

00:04due to be returned to France amounts to only 6% of arrivals. And if 94% of illegal immigrants

00:12crossing the Channel get to stay in the UK, that quite clearly won't act as any deterrent at all,

00:18which is why migrants continued to cross just yesterday. I think there's another question

00:23about legal challenges. We know if migrants claim to be under 18, they won't get removed,

00:28and they can make modern slavery or human rights claims that will also prevent their return to

00:33France. So I suspect this will get mired in endless legal wrangling.

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