GB News star Eamonn Holmes has blasted Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for snubbing the People's Channel this morning after she granted interviews to other broadcasters.

The host expressed frustration during his show, pointing out that Cooper had been discussing the new "one in, one out" migration policy with numerous television outlets but had declined to speak with GB News.

The new scheme allows for the immediate detention of small boat arrivals and their return to France.

However, critics have pointed out that the number expected to return to France is much smaller than the number arriving on British shores.

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Discussing the snub, Eamonn said: "Yvette Cooper is speaking to most television stations this morning about the one in, one out situation but she hasn’t got time to talk to GB News.

"So we’re saying: we’ll certainly make the time to speak to the Home Secretary, if you’ll make the time for us.

"There is an open invite to come on and give us your defence of why you think this will work when the vast majority of our viewers and listeners think you’re talking rubbish."

The deal between Britain and France enables authorities to detain individuals arriving via small boats immediately upon reaching UK shores and arrange their return to France.

The Home Office confirmed that the pilot programme, which remains active until June 2026, marks the first instance where illegal arrivals can be sent back to France under such an arrangement.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that the Government had been "fixing the foundations of the broken asylum system" inherited from the previous administration.

"Today we send a clear message - if you come here illegally on a small boat you will face being sent back to France," Starmer stated.

The agreement emerged from negotiations during French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit, with Cooper and French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signing the final documentation last week.

The treaty received approval from the EU Commission, Germany and other member states before implementation began on Monday.

Cooper defended the initiative as a "groundbreaking new treaty" that would undermine criminal smuggling operations by demonstrating that illegal arrivals could be returned to France.

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Yvette Cooper chose not to speak to GB News this morning

"This is a step towards undermining the business model of the organised crime gangs that are behind these crossings undermining their claims that those who travel to the UK illegally can't be returned to France. Now, as part of our Plan for Change, they can be," the Home Secretary stated.

She emphasised that Britain would fulfil its obligations to assist those escaping persecution and conflict, but insisted this must occur through "controlled and managed legal" routes rather than dangerous illegal crossings.

Cooper also announced that the pilot would be developed incrementally, testing various approaches whilst continuing enforcement actions against smuggling networks, supported by £100million in additional funding.

The Home Office reported that Labour had already returned over 35,000 individuals without legal status during its first year, representing a 28 per cent rise in failed asylum seeker returns compared to the previous year.