Sir Keir Starmer on "challenge" of tackling illegal migration

Sir Keir Starmer has said he accepted the "challenge" of tackling illegal migration, particularly small boat Channel crossings.

He said he wanted to send "as many [migrants] as possible" to France under the "one in one out" migrant returns agreement but would not be drawn on numbers.

He accepted the four people returned to France so far were "small numbers" but said "we've proved it could be done and now we need to ramp it up".

The prime minister previously said a prior scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was not a deterrent because it would deport less than 1% of small boat arrivals.