A scathing new report has revealed that French authorities refused to accept up to half of all migrants Britain attempted to return under Labour’s failed “one in, one out” deal.
The scheme, devised under previous Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was intended to deter illegal migrants crossing the Channel in small boats by returning some to France in exchange for accepting an equal number of asylum seekers through a legal route.
It was just one of Starmer’s many failures to stop illegal migration. Britain’s borders are still wide open, with 924 illegal migrants arriving in the last four days.
The report found that the Home Office struggled to reach its target of deporting just 100 migrants a week. In total, 1,631 migrants were returned under the year-long scheme, while around 30,000 illegal immigrants entered the UK via the Channel during the same period. Refusal rates for returns were as high as 50% during the failed scheme.
“One in, one out” was never even going to scratch the surface. More than 200,000 people have arrived on small boats since 2020. Yet Labour’s flagship deportation scheme failed to return even 100 migrants a week.
The vast majority of the more than 200,000 small-boat migrants who arrived in Britain over the last six years did so under successive Conservative governments, with over 45,000 arriving in 2022 alone. The establishment parties have repeatedly failed to stop the boats.
The scheme, devised under previous Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was intended to deter illegal migrants crossing the Channel in small boats by returning some to France in exchange for accepting an equal number of asylum seekers through a legal route.
It was just one of Starmer’s many failures to stop illegal migration. Britain’s borders are still wide open, with 924 illegal migrants arriving in the last four days.
The report found that the Home Office struggled to reach its target of deporting just 100 migrants a week. In total, 1,631 migrants were returned under the year-long scheme, while around 30,000 illegal immigrants entered the UK via the Channel during the same period. Refusal rates for returns were as high as 50% during the failed scheme.
“One in, one out” was never even going to scratch the surface. More than 200,000 people have arrived on small boats since 2020. Yet Labour’s flagship deportation scheme failed to return even 100 migrants a week.
The vast majority of the more than 200,000 small-boat migrants who arrived in Britain over the last six years did so under successive Conservative governments, with over 45,000 arriving in 2022 alone. The establishment parties have repeatedly failed to stop the boats.
Reform UK is the only party that has the will and the courage to stop the boats once and for all. At Reform’s party conference in Birmingham this September, party leader Nigel Farage and National Rally president Jordan Bardella signed a historic new agreement. This commits a future National Rally-led French government to accept the return of illegal migrants who launch from French shores, enter British territorial waters and are returned to France.
At the same time, Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf has pledged to stop the small boats within his first 100 days in office – or Farage will sack him.
Reform will deploy the Royal Navy to stop the boats and return anyone attempting to cross to France. Reform will launch the largest mass deportation operation in modern history, removing every single foreign national who entered this country illegally.
Under a Reform government, Britain will go from having open borders to having the most secure borders in the world.
At the same time, Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf has pledged to stop the small boats within his first 100 days in office – or Farage will sack him.
Reform will deploy the Royal Navy to stop the boats and return anyone attempting to cross to France. Reform will launch the largest mass deportation operation in modern history, removing every single foreign national who entered this country illegally.
Under a Reform government, Britain will go from having open borders to having the most secure borders in the world.
