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2 days agoUK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries
The UK will fund 200 French officers to detain and deport asylum seekers from ten countries to reduce Channel crossings.
A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer's one in, one out deal, the Home Office said on Wednesday. The move follows the removal of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite ongoing legal challenges. Under the deal, signed in July by Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, the French president,