UK-France Migrant Returns Deal Ends After Paris Rejects Extension

Britain’s Home Office has announced the end of an agreement with France to return migrants who crossed the English Channel irregularly, a year after the pilot scheme was launched.

The arrangement between London and Paris was intended to provide a mechanism for returning migrants following irregular crossings of the Channel to Britain.

France rejected an extension of the agreement, while Britain sought to keep it in place. That disagreement brought the pilot arrangement to an end rather than allowing it to continue beyond its first year.

The announcement marks the closure of this particular returns scheme. The information provided did not include figures on how many migrants were returned under the agreement or details of any replacement arrangement.