French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on Tuesday for the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit.

Emmanuel Macron is demanding that Sir Keir Starmer make Britain less appealing to Channel migrants to secure a “ one in, one out deal ”. The French president believes the UK bears the blame for record numbers of small boats crossing the Channel and has three key demands to reduce its “pull factors”.

The French president, speaking in the Palace of Westminster, said a joint summit would bring 'tangible results' regarding the small boats crisis.

French President Emmanuel Macron promised to deliver on measures to cut the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in a speech to Parliament during his state visit. Mr Macron - who will discuss the issue of small boats crossings in a summit with Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday - said the issue of “irregular migration” was a “burden” to both countries.

Emmanuel Macron has said that both France and the UK must focus on fixing immigration, labelling it a “burden for our two countries”. Addressing parliament on his first day of his three-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday (8 July),