The 'one-in, one-out' migrant deal has been criticized as unworkable, as it allows France to refuse to take back migrants deemed a threat to public safety. Human rights claims can delay returns, compounding the issue further. The deal lacks specific numbers and reportedly permits only 6% of illegal immigrants to be returned, failing to deter crossings. Furthermore, France will not disclose information about those sent to the UK, raising safety concerns regarding potential criminals or terrorists. Critics argue the situation is dire under this agreement, highlighting record high Channel crossings.
This deal is likely to be completely unworkable and will be ruthlessly exploited by human rights lawyers to prevent people being returned to France.
Even a clearly unfounded or made-up human rights claim will stop a return to France while it goes through a lengthy court process.
The deal says that France will not provide any information at all about those they are sending to the UK - so they could be criminals or terrorists and we wouldn't know.
This is a bad deal, which won't work. No wonder this government has presided over the worst Channel crossing figures in history.
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