Migration: British government ends migration agreement with France
The UK-France agreement to tackle illegal Channel crossings has come to an end. London will no longer take in new cases, but deportation flights will continue over the coming weeks.
The UK's Home Office has announced that a deal with France aimed at reducing illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel has ended. The "One-in-One-out" agreement allowed the UK to detain and return asylum seekers who arrived in the UK to France in exchange for an equal number of asylum seekers who applied through legal channels.
Under the agreement, 1,117 asylum seekers were brought to the UK from France between August 2025 and June 2026, while 1,087 were deported. The Home Office stated that it will continue to work with France to combat small boat crossings and that deportation flights for those already detained will continue in the coming weeks.
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