Overview

• The Home Office and French government confirmed an Indian national who arrived by small boat in August was flown from Heathrow to Paris on an Air France service.
• Officials said more removals are booked for this week and next, with the first matched legal admissions from France expected in the coming days.
• A High Court judge on Tuesday granted temporary relief to an Eritrean man to consider a trafficking claim, and the government has filed an appeal.
• In a separate case on Thursday, the High Court refused interim relief for another Eritrean man, allowing his deportation to proceed on Friday.
• The pilot, in force since August and due to run until June 2026, returns some Channel arrivals to France in exchange for admitting an equal number of approved applicants from France.