Deported asylum seekers expected to sit alongside paying passengers, not charter aircraft

Removals under ‘one in, one out’ deal will begin imminently

The scheme, signed off in July, saw the first Channel arrivals detained on August 6, with the inaugural flight understood to be pencilled in for as early as Monday.

Deported asylum seekers expected to sit alongside paying passengers, not charter aircraft

They will be flown back on Air France commercial flights, with removal notices having already been served on asylum seekers who arrived last month.

It’s understood about 50 people a week will be deported

Deportation from Heathrow to Paris is postponed amid threats of legal action

Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challenge