Home Office could send children who cross Channel in small boats back to France

Home Office could send children who cross Channel in small boats back to France



Posted by theipaper

24 comments

  1. Children [could be deported back to France](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/home-office-detain-small-boat-migrants-deportation-france-3842389?ico=in-line_link) with their family members if they cross the Channel in a small boat.

    The [UK’s new returns deal](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/starmer-one-in-one-out-migrant-deal-france-3842825?ico=in-line_link), which starts officially on Wednesday, will see any adults arriving via small boat at risk of being returned to France for the first time.

    And those who make the dangerous journey with relatives who are under 18-years-old face being returned together, as a family unit.

    Any minor who travels to the UK unaccompanied would not be eligible for deportation.

    In exchange, the government’s deal with France agrees to accept asylum seekers into the UK under a “one in, one out” policy, subject to security checks and eligibility criteria.

    The [Home Office](https://inews.co.uk/news/home-office-trial-clear-asylum-backlog-led-serious-errors-3842833?ico=in-line_link) said people from countries where they are most likely to be granted asylum as genuine refugees, or exploited by smuggling gangs, will be first in line to be granted permission to come to the UK.

    And asylum seekers who have existing family connections in Britain will also be prioritised.

    In order to be deemed eligible, they must be an adult (or family group), located in France, and must not have French immigration status or have been granted international protection in another country.

    Once in the UK, they would be be given three months to claim asylum and during that time are not allowed to work, study or have access to benefits.

    If, during that three month period, their asylum claim is rejected they could still then be removed from the country, according to the Home Office.

    Families can apply as a group but if one application is refused, all would be void, with no automatic family reunion rights for individuals, it is understood.

    Those who try to gain entry via a small boat can be immediately detained and assessed for deportation under the new deal.

  2. Could ? Just do it already and send the text back too

  5. Surely it’s better to send them back with their parents rather than separate them from their families?

    Does u/theipaper think children should have an automatic right to asylum, and therefore their parents too? Or is this just shitty journalism designed to manufacture outrage and generate clicks?

  6. And? It’s not like there are many in the boats to start with. That said I’d rather they sent the men back but as France gets to choose I guess it’ll be the few actual families.

  8. What use are the kids? Send them back. We only want fighting age males.

  11. I thought the boats were made up of 99.7% of military aged men..? What children to send back lol

  12. More pointless outrage porn. This is never going to happen.

  15. Ooh. Another plan by the government that won’t happen. Righto. 👍

  16. ‘Son, once you land tell them we are waiting with your ten brothers and sisters. To send a plane! Tell them to have the council house ready, son.’

  17. This has already been done in the last few weeks.

    A Kurdish couple thought it would be a grand idea to send their two children on a dinghy from France to England and claim asylum, then they’d get the Eurostar over and join them.

    Apparently the Home Secretary intervened personally, said this was an absolute non-starter, and the children were returned to the bosom of their mammy in France.

    This, ironically, means that under the new deal, the parents will be able to apply for transport to the UK and then bring the kids.

  18. Why would they send them in small boats back to France?

  20. Stupid title…… Goes on to say – Any minor who travels to the UK unaccompanied would not be eligible for deportation.

  21. Come the fuck on, really?

    Firstly, while partially true, the title is sheer clickbait, as a deal has been struck to shunt *ALL* of them back to France. Not just kids.

    Secondly, fuck you for posting YOUR OWN article, which kills any neutrality, paywalling it is even worse

    Get. Yourself. To fuck.

  22. Send children back! We don’t send anybody back!

  23. Why is it only the children that get a special privilege like this

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