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The UK’s Home Office said on Wednesday that its year-old deal with France to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats had ended.
“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 was launched in August last year and was due to expire on Thursday.
The scheme, known as Operation Hillmore, was part of efforts by London and Paris to tackle illegal migration across the English Channel.
Under the arrangement, Britain could...
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