UK HIGH COURT CLEARS FRANCE DEPORTATION UNDER ‘ONE IN, ONE OUT’ PILOT; HOME OFFICE HAILS ‘PROOF OF CONCEPT’ AS RETURNS BEGIN

A UK High Court judge rejected an attempt to block the removal of a 25-year-old Eritrean asylum seeker to France, clearing the way for deportation under the new UK–France ‘one in, one out’ pilot. The Home Office has already deported an Indian national to France, which PM Keir Starmer called a “proof of concept,” while charities and lawyers mount trafficking and human-rights challenges. The mix of early removals and immediate injunction bids signals a fast-developing clash between enforcement and the courts.