Home Office loses bid to speed up deportation under Starmer’s one in, one out migrant scheme
Bid to expedite migrant deportation process from UK rejected by Court of Appeal
- The Home Office lost its appeal to expedite the deportation of an Eritrean migrant to France under the "one in, one out" scheme.
- The Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that had granted the migrant 14 days to provide further evidence for a modern slavery claim, which the Home Office had previously rejected.
- Judges questioned the Home Office's argument for urgency, noting the department had initially informed the migrant he would have 30 days to request a review.
- The Home Office contended that the delay caused "real damage to the public interest" and undermined the scheme's objective to deter Channel crossings.
- Following this case, the Home Office has changed its guidance, now blocking asylum seekers due for removal under the UK-France deal from challenging negative modern slavery decisions without legal action from another country.