As an agreement for the return to France of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Britain in small boats is being haltingly implemented, an undiminished number of people are attempting the cross-Channel journey and taking advantage of stable weather.

On Friday a migrant was expelled from Britain after losing a High Court challenge, the second person to be sent back to France under the “one in one out” pilot scheme agreed by both governments over the summer.

The removal is a small victory for Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the first returns under the UK-France deal were stymied this week by legal challenges.

But undeterred about the risk of such removals, dozens of migrants gathered on a northern French beach Friday, hoping to catch a ride on one of the boats cruising a

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