Many asylum seekers removed from UK to France arrive injured, charity health service finds

Samusocial de Paris documents signs of violence after detention and transfer under ‘one in one out’ scheme

Multiple injuries including bruising and fractures have been documented by a health service supporting people returned to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme.

The pilot scheme, which the French call “one for one”, involves one asylum seeker who crosses the Channel in a small boat being returned to France in return for another in northern France being legally brought to the UK to claim asylum. The scheme is due to end on 1 October.