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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Minister says ‘one in, one out’ deportations will happen despite setback

Plans to deport people from the UK reportedly stalled on Monday (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Deportations under the Government’s “one in, one out” deal with France will take place “as soon as possible”, a minister has said, after a planned flight on Monday was reportedly cancelled.

But justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she would not give a “running commentary” on deportations, saying this would give people-smuggling gangs “exactly what they want”.

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