Immigration lawyers REFUSE to represent migrants due for deportation to France
Immigration lawyers are refusing to represent migrants set for deportation under the one-in one-out scheme with France.
Of the 38 migrants set for deportation flights from Stansted airport to Paris, only six were removed due to "legal intervention."
An official inspection of the removal flight by Charlie Taylor, chief inspector of prisons, found that solicitors were refusing to take on the cases or not responding to requests for legal assistance.
The report from Mr Taylor stated that migrants due for deportation were having difficulty securing legal representation or that the timeframe was too short to build evidence for a legal dispute.
The Home Office has said that 400 migrants have been removed to France under the one-in one-out deal, meaning that the same number of asylum seekers have entered the UK from the French.
One experienced immigration lawyer, who has represented migrants, has said there is a lack of solicitors that are trained in immigration law.
They also said that trained solicitors are deciding against taking cases because of the lack of pay and media coverage surrounding the cases.
The source added that there are only enough immigration lawyers to represent around half of the asylum seekers in the UK.
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