""Migrants suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal, having never made such a claim before, make a mockery of our laws and this country's generosity.""
""last minute attempts to frustrate a removal are intolerable""
""deeply concerned""
""tool for traffickers to use with those victims that they are exploiting""
The government will launch an appeal after a High Court temporarily blocked the deportation of an Eritrean man under the UK-France "one in, one out" migrant return arrangement. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed to contest what she called "vexatious, last-minute claims" and said such attempts to frustrate removals are intolerable. The man claimed to be a victim of modern slavery hours before his scheduled flight. The Home Office argues the man could have sought asylum in France and that delays could encourage similar claims, and it will review the Modern Slavery Act. The independent anti-slavery commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, said she was "deeply concerned" that suggesting system abuse risks creating a "tool for traffickers to use with those victims that they are exploiting," and noted parliamentary committees found no evidence of misuse.
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