UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped
The pilot returned 1,117 asylum seekers to Britain and sent 1,087 to France, but officials said deportation flights will continue.
- On Wednesday, Britain's government scrapped the "one in, one out" pilot program with France after France reportedly requested a broader, Europe-wide agreement instead.
- Under the plan, asylum seekers arriving in Britain via small boats were detained and returned to France in exchange for an equivalent number of refugees using safe and legal routes.
- Between August 2025 and June 2026, the Home Office recorded 1,117 asylum seekers arriving in Britain and 1,087 individuals deported under the arrangement.
- The Home Office confirmed the scheme is "no longer processing new cases," though deportation flights will continue for those currently detained under the program.
- Lessons learned from the pilot will be used by the Government to accelerate efforts to return small boat migrants who have no right to remain in Britain.
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UK-France Channel migrant exchange deal scrapped
A year-old deal between France and Britain to return migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats has come to an end, the UK interior ministry said on Wednesday. "The government's pilot with France to remove asylum seekers in exchange for an equal number of legal migrants is no longer processing new cases," the Home Office said, confirming the end of the so-called "one in, one out" deal launched last August. The French interior ministr…
According to the British government, the mutual return agreement between France and the United Kingdom has recorded "some successes". However, 22 people have died on illegal crossings through the Channel since the beginning of the year.
Britain-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped
A pilot program between Britain and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain's government said Wednesday.
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A British-French deal regarding the return by France of illegal migrants who landed on the English coast in small boats will not be extended.
The United Kingdom reported on Wednesday that it had concluded an agreement on the return of migrants with France, which had been in force for a year and aimed at curbing the arrival of people crossing the English Channel in small boats. “The Government’s pilot programme with France to return asylum seekers in exchange for an equivalent number of migrants who can legally enter is no longer prosecuting new cases,” the Ministry of the Interior dec…
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