The U.K. is continuing to send asylum seekers to France
Britain continues sending asylum seekers to France weeks after its “one in, one out” scheme ended on 1 October, The Guardian reported. The Home Office is understood to be detaining dozens for return. Officials chartered a plane to France on Wednesday for people who reportedly arrived in small boats before the scheme ended; another flight is scheduled for 17 November.
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The U.K. is continuing to send asylum seekers to France weeks after the “one in, one out” scheme formally ended on 1 October, The Guardian reported. British officials chartered a plane to France on Wednesday for a group of people who reportedly arrived in small boats before the scheme ended, and another flight is scheduled for 17 November. The Home Office is understood to be detaining dozens of people for return. Home Office sources said returns of those still covered by the programme are continuing after the agreement’s formal end. Information obtained through freedom of information requests showed seven of 23 deportation flights under the programme were cancelled from July to September. That was almost a third of the flights and more than twice the number of cancelled flights to France during the first six months of 2026.
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The Guardian reports that officials flew asylum seekers to France after the scheme ended, and UA.NEWS reports the same claim while citing The Guardian. The reports are current and consistent with the proposed event.