"An Eritrean man has been flown out of the UK under the government's "one in, one out" deal with France, after a last-minute court bid to delay the departure failed. The second cross-Channel migrant to be removed from the UK under the policy was accompanied by Home Office officials on the Air France flight from Heathrow Airport to Paris. It comes a little over a month since the UK and France agreed the year-long pilot scheme"
"His lawyers had argued that he may have been the victim of human trafficking. In a ruling after a three-hour emergency hearing on Thursday, the presiding judge said there was no legal justification to delay the transport of the unnamed man. Mr Justice Sheldon said there was "significant public interest" in removing him, noting that the home secretary was pursuing a policy to combat dangerous people smuggling."
"The man who was removed on Friday wore a white hoodie as he sat with three officials wearing Home Office passes at the back of the plane. The Home Office confirmed he was on board the flight, which arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport at about 7:30 BST. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle said: "These are the first steps and we will be ramping up from here.""
An Eritrean man was flown from the UK to France under the UK-France 'one in, one out' pilot exchange after a last-minute court bid failed to block his removal. The deportation was the second transfer under the year-long scheme intended to deter small boat crossings and was carried out on an Air France flight from Heathrow to Charles de Gaulle. The man arrived in Britain on a small boat in August; his lawyers claimed possible human trafficking. A judge ruled there was no legal justification to delay removal, citing significant public interest and the government's policy against people smuggling. The government says removals will increase.
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