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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed on a new deal targeting small-boat Channel crossings during Macron’s state visit to the UK.

Wednesday’s UK newspaper front pages offer a variety of headlines with no one story dominating the papers. A handful touch on the migrant channel crossings, in particular Labour’s theory that crossings have risen due to the good weather. But there is little unity across the papers and instead standalone reports ranging from war and conflict to the latest showbiz news. 

Friday’s newspaper front pages cover the fallout from Albania’s rejection of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s migrant deal. On his first official visit to Albania, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK is in talks with other countries to establish overseas “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers.

Italy Deputy PM Faces Possible 6-Year Jail Term For Migrant Boat Blocking Prosecutors in Italy are pushing for a six-year…

Paris prosecutors on Sunday took over the investigation into the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank trying to cross the Channel between France and England, as police hunted the traffickers responsible.

More than a hundred migrants were rescued from an overcrowded fishing vessel that capsized southwest of the Greek port of Pyrgos on Wednesday. At least 78 people have been confirmed dead, making it Greece’s deadliest migrant shipwreck since 2016. However that figure could rise, with estimates of the number on board ranging from 400 to 750.

The row between Greece and Turkiye with 22 migrants dead, after 2 migrant ships sink. Both parties lay blame on…

The Moroccan navy rescues 63 migrants including 15 women and three children after their vessel started to sink as they tried to reach the Canary Islands.

The Daily Express says THE UK Government “stands ready to discuss all options” after France offered its presidency of the EU next year to push for a new agreement on migrants.

The Daily Express says THE EU will have border officials searching for migrants “day and night” starting this week.