Only 1 in 90 illegal migrants have been sent back to France under returns deal

"Currently, to qualify for the "in" route a migrant must be in France with a passport or national identity document. The Home Office then prioritises people from countries with an asylum grant rate of more than 80 per cent in the UK, including Eritrea, Afghanistan and Sudan. They also give preference to those who have lived in Britain before or visited in the last five years."

"We continue to receive and accept more applicants, with stringent security and eligibility checks to ensure the integrity of this new safe and legal route. We are scaling up the pilot scheme and returns of those with no right to be here as part of our landmark agreement with France. More than 150 small boat migrants have already been removed, with further flights scheduled in the coming weeks. In return, we have taken 141 migrants."

Only 153 arrivals have been sent back to France under the returns agreement while 13,856 migrants landed in Britain on dinghies, producing a 1.1% deportation rate. The scheme has also brought 141 migrants into the UK. Home Office sources attribute the low removal figures to strict eligibility criteria for entry. To qualify for the "in" route, migrants must be in France with a passport or national identity document and are prioritised from countries with UK asylum grant rates above 80% or those with recent UK residence or visits. The Home Office says it will scale up the pilot and continues stringent security checks.

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