Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
(asked on 17th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect flights returning illegal migrants to France to commence under their returns agreement.
This question was answered on 1st October 2025
Returns to France under the UK-France returns agreement commenced on 18 September 2025.
This is a pilot that we want to expand and therefore the numbers will vary. We will not go into the operational details as this would provide criminal smuggling gangs with information that they may use to continue to their vile trade.