U.K. and France Announce New Nuclear Defense Deal

This morning, we signed the Northwood Declaration, confirming for the primary time that we’re coordinating our impartial nuclear deterrence. From right now, our adversaries will know that any excessive menace to this continent would immediate a response from our two nations. There isn’t any better demonstration of the significance of this relationship. We additionally share the elemental perception that we serve our folks higher, create higher jobs and alternatives, make our nations stronger, fairer and safer. So I’m happy to announce our settlement right now on a groundbreaking returns pilot. For the very first time, migrants arriving through small boat can be detained and returned to France briefly order. In alternate for each return, a unique particular person can be allowed to come back right here through a protected route, managed and authorized, topic to strict safety checks and solely open to those that haven’t tried to enter the U.Ok. illegally.