WATCH: Labour Minister Refuses to Say How Many Will Be Returned Under One-In-One Out ‘Learning Exercise’

Home Office minister Angela Eagle is this morning refusing to say when the one-in-one-out small boat returns deal will be operationalised. The scheme is only a pilot and is slated to return circa 50 small boat crossers per week. About 6% of crossers at the current rate – 3% of last week’s figure…

Eagle said the deal would be signed this week but refused to say what number the Home Office wants to be detained and sent back under the pilot, nor what figure was the government’s ambition in a year’s time.[…] Read the rest