UK and France extend one in, one out' small boats pilot scheme until October

"One person who was returned to France after arriving in the UK in a small boat said: I am so sorry to hear this news. It is truly very upsetting. Extending this decision won't stop refugees from coming. As we've seen the small boats are continuing. A second asylum seeker who was detained for one in one out and was later released to have his asylum claim processed in the UK, said that asylum seekers were suffering both in UK detention c"

The UK Home Office is extending the one in, one out scheme aimed at deterring small boat Channel crossings and disrupting people-smuggling gangs. Under the deal between the UK prime minister and the French president, an asylum seeker arriving in the UK by small boat is forcibly returned to France in exchange for another person in France who has not attempted the crossing and is brought to the UK legally. The pilot period was due to end on 11 June, but it has been extended until 1 October. Returns to France and arrivals to the UK under the scheme have continued, while overall crossings have fallen by about a third, partly due to weather. Asylum seekers expressed dismay, saying the extension will not stop refugees from coming and that detention causes suffering.

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