Update: Hundreds of asylum seekers removed from UK to France have disappeared, say NGOs

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Human rights organisations concerned about people – including age-disputed children – returned under one in, out out agreement Hundreds of asylum seekers – including at least 41 age-disputed children – removed to France under the “one in, one out” agreement have disappeared, human rights organisations have stated. The report also notes that The one in, one out pilot scheme was hailed as “groundbreaking” by the former prime minister Keir Starmer when he and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced it in July 2025. Under a treaty drawn up for this agreement, it forcibly returns one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for another asylum seeker brought legally to the UK from France.

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