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Minister insists court ruling that blocked deportation of Eritrean man ‘will not undermine basis’ of deal with France

Judges halt UK-France migrant pact as Eritrean wins injunction over destitution fears. Channel arrivals up 38%; Tories call the policy a 'shambles'.

Kemi Badenoch says her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’ after an Eritrean man won a last-minute High Court bid to temporarily block his deportation

Kemi Badenoch said her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’, while shadow home secretary Chris Philp called the deal a ‘failed gimmick’.

Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challenge

Baroness Jacqui Smith said she would not be giving ‘details’ on the number migrants expected to be sent back in the coming days.

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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Lord Hermer said that in dealing with small boats ‘nothing sensible or practical or effective will be off the table’.

Number of attempts to cross Channel has been particularly high for several days, say French authorities

Another three people are believed to be missing after the incident off the coast of Pas-de-Calais