One in, 0.5 out? Labour's failure to deport illegal migrants revealed
The former Detective Constable is taking the government to the High Court over its failure to implement inquiry recommendations.
TL;DR
- Up to half of small boat migrants earmarked for deportation under Labour's "one in, one out" scheme were not removed.
- French authorities refused to accept up to 50% of migrants Britain attempted to return.
- The "one in, one out" scheme returned 1,631 migrants while around 30,000 entered the UK illegally via the Channel during the same period.
- Reform UK pledges to stop small boats within 100 days by deploying the Royal Navy and returning migrants to France.
- Reform UK plans a mass deportation of all foreign nationals who entered the country illegally.
- A new agreement between Reform UK and France's National Rally commits to accepting the return of illegal migrants who launch from French shores.