UK and France rewrite ‘one in one out’ treaty to stop removed migrants returning

The UK has removed to France 921 people who arrived on small boats since the ‘one in, one out’ treaty came into effect on 6 August. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The UK and France have been forced to rewrite the “one in, one out” deal because of concerns over the numbers of people re-entering the UK after being removed to the continent.

The original treaty said people arriving in small boats could be returned to France. But people smugglers have used lorries to bring people who had been deported to France under the deal back to the UK.