Hundreds of asylum seekers removed from UK to France have disappeared, say NGOs
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Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, out out deal include dozens of age-disputed childrenUK politics live – latest updatesHundreds of asylum seekers – including at least 41 age-disputed children – removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal ha...
Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, out out deal include dozens of age-disputed children
Hundreds of asylum seekers – including at least 41 age-disputed children – removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal have disappeared, human rights organisations have said.
The one in, one out pilot scheme was hailed as “groundbreaking” by the former prime minister Keir Starmer when he and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced it in July 2025. Under a treaty drawn up for this agreement, it forcibly returns one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for another asylum seeker brought legally to the UK from France.
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