Asylum seeker sent back to France in âone in, one outâ scheme to be returned to Syria
Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he âdidnât want to kill peopleâAn asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial âone in, one outâ scheme faces being returned to Syria after authorities in Paris ruled it was safe to do so, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.When the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced the âgroundbreakingâ deal in July 2025 to stop small boats crowded with asylum seekers from crossing the Channel â by forcibly returning one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for bringing one in northern France legally to the UK â they emphasised that France was a safe country for returnees. Continue reading...
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