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Posted on September 23, 2025
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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Tuesday lost its attempt to overturn a temporary block on the removal of an asylum seeker under Britain's "one in, one out" deal with France.
A 25-year-old Eritrean man, who arrived in Britain on a small boat on August 12, last week won an interim injunction preventing his removal to France in an early setback to the British government's plan to return such migrants.
Britain has since returned the first migrant under the UK-France returns deal and also defeated a similar legal challenge aimed at stopping another asylum seeker's removal.
Lawyers for Britain's interior ministry argued that a lower court ruling blocking one man's removal could incentivise others to bring cases and delay the implementation of the scheme, but its application for permission to appeal was refused.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to stop small boats taking asylum seekers across the Channel from France, a route by which more than 30,000 people have come so far in 2025.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by William James)
The British government lost its attempt to overturn a temporary block on the removal of an asylum seeker under the UK-France deal.
The case involves a 25-year-old Eritrean man who arrived in Britain on August 12.
He won an interim injunction preventing his removal to France, which was an early setback for the British government.
Lawyers for Britain's interior ministry argued that the ruling could incentivize others to bring similar cases, potentially delaying the implementation of the asylum scheme.
He is facing mounting pressure to stop small boats carrying asylum seekers across the Channel from France.
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