Home Office to appeal temporary block on man’s deportation under ‘one in, one out’ plan

The Home Office will appeal against the High Court’s decision to temporarily block the deportation of an Eritrean man to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme, Shabana Mahmood has confirmed.

Speaking for the first time since the court’s decision on Tuesday, the new home secretary said: “Last minute attempts to frustrate a removal are intolerable, and I will fight them at every step.”

Ms Mahmood added that she will “fight to end vexatious, last-minute claims” and “robustly defend the British public’s priorities”.

Yesterday evening, the High Court granted an Eritrean man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a “short period of interim relief” ahead of his deportation to France scheduled for a 9am flight this morning.

Lawyers acting on the man’s behalf said the case “concerns a trafficking claim” and her client, who alleges he has a gunshot wound in his leg, claims he is vulnerable and faces a risk of “destitution” in France.

The Home Office defended the case, saying it was reasonable to expect the man to claim asylum in France.

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