Mahmood’s cutting of protections to enable ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France ruled unlawful

Asylum seekers win ruling against home secretary’s reduction of safeguards for potential victims of traffickingUK politics live – latest updatesThe British home secretary’s decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims to allow the “one in one out” asylum returns deal to proceed was unlawful, a high court judge has ruled.The legal challenge was brought by five small boat asylum seekers earmarked for return to France – four from Eritrea and one from Sudan. It related to a change in guidance on the one in one out scheme, which meant that those denied trafficking protections no longer had the right to ask for it to be reconsidered. Continue reading...