The new migrant scheme which will see an expected 50 migrants a week returned to France is both more "humane" and "immediate", the MP for Dover and Deal has said.

Downing Street ‘confident’ UK-France migrant returns deal complies with law - The UK is ‘confident’ the agreement complies with both domestic and international law, Number 10 said.

Britain on Thursday reached an agreement with France on a pilot programme to return migrants arriving in small boats, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.