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 vice versa.
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.
Lawyers are refusing to defend migrants who are being removed to France
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Mr Taylor's report also reveals that during a previous inspection, he witnessed migrants being forcibly transferred with arm, leg and waist restraints.
Two migrants required arm restraints after they became disruptive following the plane landing in Paris.
Thirty-two migrants on the flight were accompanied by 73 escorts as well as two paramedics.
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The report details detained migrants being restrained on removal flights
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The Government are facing push back to the one-in one-out scheme as they face legal challenges from a group of 16 migrants.
They claim the scheme is unlawful as it does not allow them to lodge last minute modern slavery.
Some of them are claiming that France cannot be trusted to abide by an international treaty to protect them from trafficking or provide adequate accommodation and healthcare.
The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, changed the law last year to prevent migrants from submitting last-minute modern slavery claims to reduce delays.
Under the change, migrants are still able to lodge a case claiming they are a victim of modern slavery but only after they have left the UK.
The deal between the UK and France is set to expire in June, but both sides are in talks to make the deal permanent.
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