(BBC) The UK has begun returning migrants, who cross the Channel in small boats, to France in a bid to deter others from doing the same, the Home Office said.
On Thursday, a small number of failed asylum seekers, who landed on UK shores in October, were sent back to France.
The Home Office said it wanted to provide “a strong deterrent against the dangerous crossings.”
The move is part of a new plan agreed by France and the UK which will see the UK spend an extra £3m on security.
It is understood fewer than five were returned to France on Thursday morning. The Home Office said it could not say where the migrants were from, nor whether they had travelled to the UK together in a small boat.
