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Migrants deported under UK-France scheme lacked translators and advice: Report
The UK scheme has removed 305 migrants but lacked sufficient translators and legal support, causing anxiety and uncertainty among deportees, inspectors reported.
- The inspectorate's report published on Monday found migrants deported from Britain to France under the `one-in one-out` scheme lacked sufficient translators, legal advice and information.
- The scheme launched in July and detains people who arrive on small boats to return them to France, while allowing equal numbers to come legally from France to Britain to deter dangerous crossings and break up people-smuggling gangs.
- Inspectors noted specific cases in November where twenty people were offered translators speaking Arabic and French, though most did not understand them, and solicitors often declined cases after deportees received law firms' phone numbers.
- UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said last week that 305 people were removed and 367 brought in, while rights groups criticized the scheme as arbitrary and lacking due process.
- A group of experts including seven UN Special Rapporteurs called last year for the programme to end, warning it `may result in serious violations of international human rights law` and noting trafficking indicators were missed.
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Migrants deported under UK-France scheme lacked translators and advice, report says
Migrants deported from Britain to France under the new one-in one-out scheme did not have enough access to translators, legal advice or information about what would happen to them next, inspectors said in a report published on Monday.
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Controversial Migrant Swap Scheme: Unease and Human Rights Concerns Emerge
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