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‘One in, one out’ under threat?

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TeenagersAngst · 16/09/2025 19:46

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dqe2443l1o.amp

I would have thought that this kind of thing would have been fleshed out when the scheme was being created and they would only be selecting people who were unlikely to be successful in gaining asylum?

What’s going on?

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel on 9 September. The people getting off the boat are wearing life jackets.

Eritrean man wins block on removal to France under 'one in, one out' deal - BBC News

Some migrants who arrived in the UK by small boat had been told they would be put on flights to France as early as Tuesday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dqe2443l1o.amp

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WiggyPig · 16/09/2025 19:59

He hasn't "won a block" in the sense most people will understand it. He has interim relief which means that his removal has been delayed for a very short period of time. The reason for that, according to the article, is that he says he has evidence that he should be exempt from the scheme. If he fails to produce it, or (more likely) he produces it and the Home Office say it's not good enough, then he is back to square one.

The govt will have been anticipating these types of challenges and their arguments will have been readied in advance.

I don't know why they would choose an Eritrean national to guinea pig it, since Eritrea is an absolutely appalling pit of human rights abuse and most applicants are successful. Either there was no discretion as to nationality applied, which would make sense, or it is an active choice by the govt in order to dispel challenges based on risk of refoulement.