US EditionFirst migrants set to be returned from UK to France next week in 'one in, one out' deal
The UK will deport migrants who crossed by small boats to France while accepting an equal number of asylum seekers vetted from France, part of a pilot scheme to manage arrivals.
- The UK government plans to return the first migrants to France beginning Monday, as part of a new agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron.
- More than 30,000 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK this year, marking the earliest point that figure has been reached since records began in 2018.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood expects the deportations to begin imminently under the new UK-France treaty.
- A Cabinet minister emphasized that the government is 'straining at the bit' to control the migration crisis inherited from the Conservatives.
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The British government plans to begin this week the deportation to France of irregular immigrants who arrived in the country by boat through the English Channel.
Minister Says Government ‘Straining at the Bit’ to Control Migration
A Cabinet minister has said the Government is “straining at the bit” to get the “migration crisis” under control as deportations to France are expected to start next week under the returns agreement. The “one in, one out” agreement with Paris saw the first migrants detained on August 6 and it is understood the first flight could be as early as Sept. 15. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who has been tasked with ramping up the UK’s response to smal…
First asylum seekers will be sent back to France in days as ministers 'straining at the bit' - The Mirror
Asylum seekers who arrived in small boats will be sent back to France as soon as Monday under a one-in one-out deal Keir Starmer struck with French President Emmanuel Macron
Under the agreement signed in July by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, people without a residence permit who have crossed the English Channel should start to be sent back to France from this week via Roissy airport.
First migrants to be sent back to France next week under returns deal
The 'one in, one out' deal means the UK can send people back to France if they have entered the country illegally. In exchange, the UK will allow asylum seekers to enter through a safe and legal route.
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