Government suffers setback to migrant scheme after man wins High Court bid to block removal

An Eritrean asylum seeker, who arrived successful the UK connected a tiny boat, volition not beryllium deported connected Wednesday nether the government's "one in, 1 out" aviator scheme.

It comes aft the man, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, won his High Court bid to person the removal temporarily blocked.

He had been owed to beryllium connected a formation to France astatine 9am connected Wednesday and brought a ineligible assertion against the Home Office, asking the tribunal for a artifact connected his removal.

The Home Office defended the case, saying it was tenable to expect the antheral to assertion asylum successful France.

On Tuesday evening, Mr Justice Sheldon said: "I americium going to assistance a abbreviated play of interim relief."

The determination is simply a setback to the government's program to instrumentality specified migrants.

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