Starmer’s deal dealt major blow by temporary last-minute injunction

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 as part of the 'one in, one out' deal…

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

One migrant who arrived in Britain last month had been due to be sent back aboard a scheduled flight to Paris on Monday afternoon. But the removal under the 'one in, one out' deal…

Legal challenges and protests from charities hit Starmer’s efforts to put deal with France into action

The Eritrean man took his case to the High Court, claiming he would be 'destitute' if the Home Office sends him back to France.

Downing Street forced to deny ‘one in, one out’ deal with France is a ‘shambles’ after two failed deportation attempts

Starmer’s deal dealt major blow by temporary last-minute injunction

The ruling by a judge to halt the removal of a 25-year-old Eritrean has cast doubt on the future of the programme

Home Secretary vows to challenge High Court injunction that threatens to derail Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ deal with France

Flight comes hours after new policy on modern slavery to make it harder for Channel migrants to resist being sent to France

A High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked failed

The Eritrean man said he was an 'alleged trafficking victim' and his barristers asked for an 'interim relief' because deportation would risk multiple human rights breaches.

The second migrant was successfully deported to France as part of the agreement this morning - only for hundreds more to set off in dinghies from a beach near Calais.

Home Office sources said an Iranian male had been returned to France on Friday