The first flight carrying Channel migrants back to France under Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal has not gone ahead as planned, according to reports.

According to the Daily Telegraph , one migrant who was due to be flown from Heathrow to Paris on Monday night had their flight postponed, amid the threat of legal action.

It added that the Home Office was still planning to put him on a flight on Tuesday.

The Times also reported that last-minute legal challenges by lawyers acting on behalf of several migrants due to be deported this week had seen their removal delayed.

The paper said a claim submitted by one migrants, due to fly to Paris on Tuesday, had argued their experience of being tortured and trafficked should prevent them from being returned to France.

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