Home Office blocked from appealing against halt to deportation of Eritrean under ‘one in, one out’

Appeal court rejects attempt to overturn ruling that man must be given more time to prove trafficking claim

The Home Office has lost its appeal against a high court ruling granting an Eritrean asylum seeker a temporary block on being deported to France under the new “one in, one out” scheme.

In a highly unusual move, three appeal court judges rejected the home secretary’s application for permission to appeal against a high court ruling granting the man 14 days to gather further evidence in support of his trafficking claim.