UK to begin migrant returns to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal • FRANCE 24 English
It’s being called the onein one out plan as Britain and France try to reduce record numbers of English channel crossings by migrants seeking to reach the UK from French shores. The pilot program is the result of an agreement reached between UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer and French President Emanuel Macron back in July. It is there to prove the concept that um if you uh come over by small boats then you will be returned uh to France and if it works what it does is break the model and that’s the only way in the end to stop this vile trade. Under the deal migrants apprehended in the UK after crossing the channel can be returned to France. In exchange, Britain will accept an equal number of asylum seekers currently on French soil, provided they have a valid claim and have not yet tried to make the crossing. British authorities say they’ll be prioritizing nationalities most often targeted by traffickers who operate smuggling networks, as well as asylum seekers with established links to the UK. So far this year, some 25,000 people have already made the Channel Crossing in small inflatable boats. A dangerous journey that has resulted in several tragic mass drownings and exacerbated anti-immigration sentiment in the UK. French President Emanuel Macron blamed Brexit. After Brexit, the UK no longer had any immigration deal with the EU and that actually created an incentive for illegal crossings. The New Deal has been dismissed by British conservatives as unlikely to have any effect on net illegal immigration. Some French officials, meanwhile, have criticized it as too favorable to the UK. Time will tell. The pilot program is set to run until June of next year.
Britain will start returning some small-boat migrants to France within days under a new deal set to be ratified Tuesday. The pilot plan swaps undocumented arrivals for legitimate asylum seekers with British family connections and aims to curb people-smuggling. Bryan Quinn reports.
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Or how about, and this might be shocking….send them back to their country of origin to try an apply for asylum legally? Crazy idea no?
Did you see all those women and children fleeing violence getting on those little boats? Yeah me neither….
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The deal is you don't come here or else…!
😂😂😂
The women and the children are coming dont worry UK
cant we just send the anglo saxons home and make room for the latest refugees? :p theyve had plenty of time to get on their feet now.
“One‑in, one‑out” may sound neat in theory, but switching just ~50 crossings a week while routes are at record highs hardly sends a message.
Is this deal a diplomatic milestone—or cosmetic politics? Either way, we’re yet to see if it truly breaks the smuggling model or just reshuffles arrivals.
What’s your take—deterrent or distraction?
😂😂😂. This is their SOLUTION! Can you believe it? Neville Chamberlain and Macron are trying to sell this capitulation as a win.
Stop arming Israel it would help a lot against the migrant crisis.
It’s a bunch of military men.
Waww what a deal .. one in one out 😂😂😂 .. I think its better than Trump deal, atleast its equally bad …😂
Is this a joke?
France is the Mexico to UK
If you look at the world map and pick countries based on high social aid, that is not seeking asylum.
Accept them and conscript them send them to Ukraine front line
What a joke of a migrant deal. The UK is paying France half a billion pounds to stop the boats. The number of migrants is up 40% under Labour. The UK should send every illegal migrant back to France. The UK suffers from poor leadership.
Can starmer do math? 1-1+1=?
They all should be sent back to their Country of origin, or to the Country where they first entered a Boat. The World is laughing, this is unbelievable 😂
Still…migrants will come in. 🛶😮
So we've started the 'one in one out' deal. Probably about 50 being sent back to France then France can send us 50 over. About as beneficial as Rachel Reeves is to the British Economy when She said Labour wouldn't increase Tax !
What a joke. Fifty come in we send back one. This government needs to go. Vote reform.
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