Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled First small boat migrant returned under new UK-France agreement, published on 18 September 2025, what the terms of the contract are under which the man was removed.
Answered by Alex Norris
Details of changes to the Immigration Rules covering the UK-France Treaty are published on gov.uk in an explanatory memorandum here.
It means that those who use dangerous small boats crossings to enter the UK can be returned to France. The Home Office uses existing legislative provisions, guidance and operational processes including the inadmissibility guidance to facilitate the readmission process under the pilot. These powers enable the UK to declare an asylum claim as inadmissible and not substantially consider the claim, where the individual has a connection to a safe third country such as France.
Further details on inadmissible claims are published here on gov.uk.
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