The UK’s Home Office announced on Wednesday that its year-old agreement with France to repatriate migrants crossing the Channel on small boats has expired. “The government’s pilot with France to remove asylum seekers in exchange for an equal number of legal migrants is no longer processing new cases,” the Home Office said, confirming the end of the so-called “one in, one out” deal, which began in August last year and was set to expire on Thursday.
The scheme, known as Operation Hillmore, was part of London and Paris’ efforts to combat illegal migration across the English Channel. That was one of the most obvious indications of the program’s poor impact, despite government assertions that it would prevent people-smuggling groups.
Under the agreement, Britain might repatriate to France certain migrants who landed illegally by small boat and were found to have no right to be in the UK. In exchange, Britain welcomed an equivalent number of asylum seekers from France who were deemed likely to qualify for protection, with preference given to vulnerable nationalities and those with family or other ties to the UK.
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