'One-in one-out' migrant flight blocked - what it means for Starmer's deal

Once again, the Government’s migrant deal has been left in turmoil after a judge blocked the deportation of an Eritrean man at the eleventh hour.

But this time, it’s the Labour administration – led by former human rights lawyer Sir Keir Starmer – that has fallen foul of a High Court ruling, just hours before the flight.

It comes after plans on Monday and Tuesday to fly out asylum seekers whose claims had been rejected were dropped. It is understood that further flights have been booked for later in the week. New Feature

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The case has drawn parallels with the Rwanda asylum plan under the previous Conservative government, which was plagued by legal challenges and eventually scrapped, despite costing £700 million.

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