2 h. ago First person removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal, says UK

Agreement reached with France allows for removal of asylum seekers who arrive on small boatsUK politics live – latest updatesThe first Channel migrant has been deported to France under the controversial one in, one out deal, the Home Office has confirmed.It follows three days of cancellations of tickets of asylum seekers due to fly and a high court challenge that halted the imminent removal of a 25-year-old Eritrean man to France on Tuesday evening. He was granted more time to gather evidence relating to his claim that he is a victim of trafficking. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago First person removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal, says UK government

Agreement reached with France allows for removal of asylum seekers who arrive on small boatsThe 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. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Starmer's UK's 'one in, one out' small boats migrant deal with France is struggling, but is far from sunk

Keir Starmer’s government fell at the first hurdle with its France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal. A rocky legal battle awaits

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42 h. ago UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK

UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK-France returns deal  Reuters

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage blamed for small boats crisis after end of 'returns' deal for asylum seekers

EXCLUSIVE: The SNP say the Reform UK must own a rise in illegal immigration after the “Dublin Regulation” ended.

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2 w. ago Channel migrants could be moved to WAREHOUSES as Labour scrambles to close asylum hotels with PM holding emergency talks on how to go 'further and faster' on tackling small boats

Yvette Cooper said the Government was looking at 'military and industrial sites' as 'more appropriate' places to house asylum seekers.

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2 w. ago Labour's migrant deal fiasco: Now Yvette Cooper FAILS to guarantee asylum seekers will start being returned to France this month under 'one in, one out' agreement

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later this month'.

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2 w. ago Labour's 'one in, one out' migrant deal fiasco: As Cooper attempts asylum 'crackdown', it emerges 3,567 people have landed in dinghies since deal with France was struck

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later this month'.

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2 w. ago Yvette Cooper to suspend new refugee family reunion applications as she unveils asylum crackdown

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says the first asylum seekers to be returned to France under a new deal will begin later this month

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3 w. ago Asylum is Labour's 'number one priority' says MP as David Blunkett warns it's becoming 'toxic'

Jo White warned that failure to deal with the asylum system would cost Labour at the next general election after Lord David Blunkett called on the PM to be radical and said the issue is 'toxic'

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