US EditionSecond deportation flight of week under UK-France deal set to take place today
- A 25-year-old Eritrean man who arrived in the UK via a small boat in August 2025 faces deportation to France under the 'one in, one out' pilot scheme scheduled for Friday morning.
- The deportation comes after the UK and France established a scheme in July to curb small boat crossings amid record arrivals, with the man's asylum application in the UK being rejected earlier in August.
- The man claimed forced conscription in Eritrea in 2019 and alleged trafficking but gave inconsistent accounts, leading the Home Office and Judge Sheldon to conclude no serious legal issue justified blocking removal.
- His barristers sought 'interim relief' to delay deportation for a full legal challenge, but the High Court refused it, stating 'the application for interim relief is refused' and noting the man was granted anonymity.
- This deportation marks an early use of the bilateral scheme to exchange migrants between the UK and France, indicating the government’s intention to scale returns amid ongoing protests and rising anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Who exactly is the ridiculous 'One In One Out' scheme meant to impress?
On the morning of Friday 19 September, an Eritrean man became the second migrant to be deported to France under the UK government’s new ‘One In One Out’ (OIOO) scheme. His Air France flight left Heathrow for Paris at 6:15am, according to the Home Office. The deportee was accompanied on the flight by no less than three Home Office staff, which leaves us to ask – who exactly is this ridiculous display of border security theatre actually fucking fo…
The United Kingdom continues the expulsions of migrants to France, in accordance with the migration agreement, despite the criticisms of the NGOs "Today we have a second plane that takes off with a
An Eritrean national was expelled from the United Kingdom to France this Friday morning under the new Franco-British agreement.
The day before, the London High Court had given its green light to the expulsion of an Eritrean national, after having temporarily blocked the expulsion of another migrant of the same nationality on Tuesday.
Second migrant loses High Court bid to block deportation to France under 'one in, one out' scheme
A Eritrean man is set to be deported to France on Friday after losing a High Court bid to have his removal under the Government’s “one-in, one-out” scheme temporarily blocked.
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