Labour's migrant returns deal with France will be hit with a 'slew of last-minute legal challenges', the Conservatives have predicted.
The initial deportation of small-boat migrants is due to take place as early as today.
Ministers are gearing up for the first removal flights this week as part of the 'one in, one out' deal with President Emmanuel Macron's government.
Since the treaty came into effect on August 7, more than 5,400 small-boat migrants have arrived.
Tory home affairs spokesman Chris Philp – who served as an immigration minister in Boris Johnson's government – said Labour's plan would be overwhelmed by late legal action brought on behalf of migrants to prevent them being sent back.
