Government suffers setback to migrant scheme after man wins High Court bid to block removal
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by 0 An Eritrean asylum seeker, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, will not be deported on Wednesday under the government’s “one in, one out” pilot scheme.
It comes after the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, won his High Court bid to have the removal temporarily blocked.
He had been due to be on a flight to France at 9am on Wednesday and brought a legal claim against the Home Office, asking the court for a block on his removal.
The Home Office defended the case, saying it was reasonable to expect the man to claim asylum in France.
On Tuesday evening, Mr Justice Sheldon said: “I am going to grant a short period of interim relief.”
The decision is a setback to the government’s plan to return such migrants.
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