CHANNEL migrants will be returned to France by the end of the month, the Home Secretary vowed today.

Yvette Cooper told the House of Commons that the one-in-one-out deal with France, which was signed earlier this year, will see the first people deported from the UK within the next few weeks.

More than 29,000 people have crossed the Channel from France on small boats this year alone.

Ms Cooper told Parliament: "In August I signed the new treaty with France allowing us for the first time to directly return those who arrive on small boats.

"The first detentions took place the next day – of people immediately on arrival at Dover and we expect the first returns to begin later this month.

"Applications have also been opened for the reciprocal legal route, with the first cases under consi

See Full Page