The deal could see the UK returning some small boat migrants to France, with France sending other asylum seekers to the UK in return.

President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which begins Tuesday, will be heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

Macron’s three-day visit, at the invitation of King Charles III, is the first state visit to the UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit.

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French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit. The first state visit by an EU head of state since the UK's acrimonious 2020 departure from the European Union,

The Bayeux Tapestry will return to England for the first time in 900 years in a swap which will see the Sutton Hoo ship treasures head to France, according to reports.

The French president and the PM are co-hosting the Franco-British Summit on the final day of Macron's state visit to the UK.