Overview

• The Home Office said a man of Indian origin who crossed the Channel in August was removed to France on a commercial flight, marking the first transfer under the agreement.
• Officials stated more removal flights are planned this week and next, with the first admissions to the UK from France expected in the coming days.
• The High Court temporarily blocked the removal of a 25-year-old Eritrean on trafficking and vulnerability grounds, and the government plans to appeal.
• A separate Eritrean claimant’s removal was authorized on Thursday for return to France on Friday morning, according to court updates reported by AFP.
• Two earlier Air France flights on 15–16 September departed without migrants as legal challenges mounted, with about 92 people reported in detention under the programme and more than 31,000 Channel arrivals recorded this year.