Mahmood’s cutting of protections for UK-France ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal ruled unlawful

A UK High Court judge has ruled that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unlawfully reduced protections for asylum seekers who may be trafficking victims. The decision relates to the government's 'one in, one out' returns scheme with France. Under the Home Office's policy change, people denied trafficking protections lost the right to request reconsideration. The legal challenge was brought by five asylum seekers—four from Eritrea and one from Sudan—facing return to France under the scheme. According to the Guardian, the court found the Home Secretary's reduction of safeguards breached legal duties to protect vulnerable people from trafficking. The ruling represents a significant defeat for the government's asylum policy.

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