Migrants deported from Britain to France under a new “one-in one-out” scheme did not have enough access to translators, legal advice or information about
what would happen to them next, inspectors said in a report published on Monday.
Twenty people removed on a flight in November were offered a translator who spoke Arabic and French, but hardly any of them knew those languages, the UK prison inspectorate said in its first report on the scheme that was launched in July. The deportees knew they were being taken to France but did not
know what would happen to them there, “which increased anxiety for some,” it said.
They were given law firms’ phone numbers, but many said the solicitors did not want to take their cases, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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