UK deportation of Eritrean man to France under ‘one-in, one-out’ halted by judge

The 25-year-old claims to be trafficking victim and won high court challenge in what may prove major blow to Labour policy

An Eritrean man has had his deportation to France under Labour’s “one-in, one-out” scheme halted at the 11th hour after he won a high court challenge.

The 25-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is the first to win a challenge in the high court against the removal scheme, which is itself new. The first removal flights were due to take place on Monday and Tuesday of this week but were cancelled. The man had been due to be on a flight to France at 9am on Wednesday.