First migrant deported to France under 'one in one out' deal

Under the UK-France deal, the first flight carrying a cross-channel small boat migrant has landed in Paris. The man, an Indian national, was taken from the UK on Thursday morning on an Air France plane. Following the temporary halt of a man's deportation on modern slavery grounds, the government was facing fresh criticism over the return deal. The arrival in France, which has been confirmed by the Home Office, comes less than a month after the countries agreed to a year-long pilot one in one out scheme in the hopes of preventing small boat crossings in the hope of reducing small boat passings. This is the first step to protecting our borders, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said.

It gives a warning to people crossing in small boats: we will seek to arrest you if you enter the UK unlawfully,

she said. In the meantime, the government is set to launch an appeal later this year aimed at limiting the time migrants must provide evidence to challenge their removal. More deportation flights are scheduled this week and into next week, according to the Home Office. According to the BBC, another flight could have left later today. In the coming days, the Home Office reported that the first arrivals from France through the new asylum route are likely in the UK.

The UK will continue to assist those who are truly fleeing persecution,

it said, but

this must be done on safe, legal, and managed routes rather than dangerous crossings. After the High Court ruled this week that an Eritrean man who said he was a victim of modern slavery just hours before his flight was scheduled to take off, Mahmood promised to combat

vexatious, last-minute allegations

after arriving in the United Kingdom by a small boat last month. However, the UK's independent antislavery commissioner told BBC Radio 4's Today show that she was

deeply concerned

about the home secretary's words. Eleanor Lyons said that if the scheme was being exploited, it became a

tool for traffickers to use with those victims that are exploiting.

The one in one out agreement is supposed to act as a deterrent to migrants trying to cross the treacherous English Channel in small boats. It suggests that, for every migrant, the United Kingdom returns to France, yet another migran migran' with a solid argument for asylum in the United States will return in return. The UK can arrest anyone who crosses the English Channel and return the individual within two weeks if the French authorities agree to return the person under the treaty. The aim of the scheme is to make people reconsider turning to smugglers due to the danger that they will be sent back. There is no government or government's assurance that the scheme will be able to destabilize the cross-channel market on its own. The exchange program, primarily, could reduce the number of people going into repurposed hotels because the new arrivals will have been identified as needing to be granted asylum, implying that they will find a home and a career.