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| First person removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal, says UK | |
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| Agreement reached with France allows for removal of asylum seekers who arrive on small boats | Agreement reached with France allows for removal of asylum seekers who arrive on small boats |
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| The UK has returned the first asylum seeker to France under a “one in, one out” agreement to remove people who arrive on small boats, the Home Office has confirmed. | The UK has returned the first asylum seeker to France under a “one in, one out” agreement to remove people who arrive on small boats, the Home Office has confirmed. |
| Keir Starmer and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, agreed the pilot scheme, under which Britain will deport to France undocumented people who arrived in small boats in return for accepting an equal number of legitimate asylum seekers with British family connections. | Keir Starmer and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, agreed the pilot scheme, under which Britain will deport to France undocumented people who arrived in small boats in return for accepting an equal number of legitimate asylum seekers with British family connections. |
| The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said: “This is an important first step to securing our borders. It sends a message to people crossing in small boats: if you enter the UK illegally, we will seek to remove you. | |
| “I will continue to challenge any last-minute, vexatious attempts to frustrate a removal in the courts. | |
| “The UK will always play its part in helping those genuinely fleeing persecution, but this must be done through safe, legal, and managed routes – not dangerous crossings.” | |
| The Home Office will lodge an appeal on Thursday against the first legal challenge brought to the high court against a man’s deportation under the scheme. | |
| The court granted an Eritrean man a “short period of interim relief” on Tuesday before his 9am flight to France on Wednesday, and gave him 14 days to make representations to support his claim that he was a victim of modern slavery. | |
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