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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

Eritrean man is second to be deported to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ deal

A UK Border sign at the arrivals passport control and visa area of London Heathrow airport
A UK Border sign at Heathrow. Ministers agreed the ‘one in, one out’ pilot scheme with France in July to deter the record number of small boat arrivals. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

An Eritrean man has been deported to France under the UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with the neighbouring country.

The man – the second to be deported under the agreement – was on a flight that left Heathrow for Paris at 6.15am on Friday, the Home Office confirmed after he lost a high court attempt to block the move.

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