LABOUR'S "one-in-one-out" migrant deal is a hopeless "gimmick" that will "make no difference whatsoever", the Shadow Home Secretary blasted today.

The trial, which starts today, sees up to 50 Channel migrants a week sent back to France while the UK will take in the same number via a legal route.

Detentions are expected to begin within days and removals could start in weeks.

But the plan has already been slammed as "weak" and a "gimmick which won't work".

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: "The government's plan being signed today to return just 50 illegal channel immigrants a week, and probably less, will make no difference whatsoever.

"This amounts to only 6 per cent of illegal arrivals. Allowing 94 per cent to stay in the UK will be no deterrent at all.

"This is a gimmick w

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