LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Vietnam on illegal migration, in what London described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country.

The agreement will cut red tape and make it faster and easier to return those with no right to be in the United Kingdom, Britain said.

“The number of illegal arrivals from Vietnam has already been cut by half, but more can be done,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement.

“Today’s agreement shows that through international cooperation – not shouting from the sidelines – we can deliver for the UK and for working people.”

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti)

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