Many more small boat migrants could have been deported under the ‘one in, one out’ deal if France had been more ‘transparent’, a report has suggested.
The review published today found Home Office officials were often left ‘frustrated’ after French counterparts rejected taking back selected migrants without saying why.
John Tuckett, the UK’s Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, said refusal rates were ‘as high as 50 per cent’ at times and that this had ‘a significant impact on the numbers that could be removed to France‘.
It will fuel suspicions that stopping the boats is not a priority for Paris and
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