"No migrant return flights will take place on Tuesday under the new pilot scheme agreed between the UK and France, the BBC has learned. The first returns of migrants who reached the UK on small boats via the English Channel from France were expected to begin from as early as Tuesday. Downing Street has insisted that the removals will begin "imminently" - although initial plans for a flight to Paris today were put back."
"On Tuesday, a 25-year-old Eritrean man who arrived on a small boat in August launched a last-minute legal claim at the High Court to stop his removal on a 9am flight to France on Wednesday. The 'one in, one out' scheme was set up as part of a deal announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in July this year. Dozens of migrants have been detained since."
"On Tuesday, No 10 said the government was "confident in the legal basis for this pilot" and is "prepared to respond to any legal scrutiny that occurs". Over the last fortnight, some migrants being held in immigration removal centres, having crossed the Channel in dinghies, were told they could be returned to France as early as Tuesday. Some individuals received letters that said they would be put on a scheduled Air France flight departing from Heathrow Airport for Paris at 9am this morning."
No migrant return flights took place on Tuesday under the new UK-France pilot scheme designed to return Channel crossers. Returns had been expected to begin as early as Tuesday, but an initial flight to Paris was postponed. A 25-year-old Eritrean man who arrived in August launched a last-minute High Court challenge to stop a Wednesday removal. The 'one in, one out' scheme stems from a July deal between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, and dozens have been detained. No 10 said it is confident in the legal basis and prepared for further legal scrutiny. Some detainees received 9am Air France flight notices.
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