Migrants deported under UK-France scheme lacked translators and advice, report says


Migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo

PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ‌Migrants deported from Britain to France under a new "one-in one-out" scheme did ‌not have enough access to translators, legal adviceor information about what would ‌happen to them next, inspectors said in a report published on Monday.

Twenty people removed on a flight in November were offered a translator who spoke Arabic and French, but hardly any of them knew ‍those languages, the UK prison inspectorate said in its ‍first report on the scheme that ‌was launched in July.

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