PARIS (Reuters) -Record illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel this year showed Brexit had failed to deliver on a British promise of tighter border controls, said French President Emmanuel Macron, adding that British people had been 'sold a lie.'

Emmanuel Macron said British people had been “sold a lie” as he blamed Brexit for the Channel migrant crisis. Mr Macron spoke out as he and Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the ‘one in, one out’ deal aimed at returning Channel migrants to France.

The home secretary was asked whether she agreed with the French president, after he said voters were ‘sold a lie’ on Brexit

Nigel Farage has blasted Sir Keir Starmer 's new migrant deal with France as a "humiliation for Brexit Britain". The Prime Minister unveiled the "groundbreaking" agreement aimed at getting a grip on the Channel crisis at a joint press conference with French president Emmanuel Macron.

King Charles III highlighted the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of more complex threats,” as he welcomed President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader to his country since Brexit.

President Emmanuel Macron has called for Britain and France to move on from Brexit and work “side by side” on issues including migration and defence, declaring “let’s not allow the Channel to grow wider”.

The current rules for UK citizens travelling to European Union and Schengen area nations have been debated by MPs.

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