UK-France 'one in, one out' migrant exchange deal is scrapped

France 2430 September 2026, 17:12 UTCUnited Kingdom

A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break the business model of "people smugglers" by exchanging undocumented migrants who had made the crossing for people who legally applied for asylum.

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