UK must refuse to take male small boat migrants

The UK must refuse to accept “undocumented males” arriving in the UK in small boats as part of any deal with French President Emmanuel Macron, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said.

The prime minister is hoping to finalise an agreement on tackling small boat crossings during Macron’s three-day state visit, the first by a French president since 2008.

Speaking ahead of the summit, Farage said Sir Keir Starmer must not to bow to an “increasingly arrogant, anti-Brexit French president” and protect the UK’s say over who settles here.

Sir Keir said he was seeking “serious answers to serious problems” with allies, calling Farage’s approach, “break everything and claim that’s how you fix things”.

During the exchanges at Prime…