The Hokey Cokey migrant who returned to Britain after being deported to France under the ‘one in, one out’ deal has finally been sent back again. 18 days later…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said this morning:
“Anyone looking to return to the UK after being removed under the UK-France agreement is wasting their time and money. This individual was detected by biometrics and detained instantly. His case was expedited, and now he has been removed again. My message is clear: if you try to return to the UK you will be sent back. I will do whatever it takes to scale up removals of illegal migrants and secure our borders.”
94 migrants have now been sent back to France under the deal. The Home Office is not counting Mr. Hokey Cokey’s return twice, at least…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”