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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

UK-France ‘one in, one out’ deal to expire on Thursday, say sources

People in orange life jackets are escorted along a dock from a vessel
A group of people arrive at the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with France, which was supposed to help deter small boat arrivals, is expected to expire on Thursday, government sources have said.

Negotiations to extend the deal have stalled over French demands for a Europe-wide deal instead, and a reluctance to scale up the numbers of people exchanged between the two countries.

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