'Britain can't deport me!' Small boat migrant vows to keep returning to the UK 'again and again' even if he's sent back to France

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Sophie Little

By Sophie Little


Published: 20/09/2025

- 06:04

A charity worker said the appeal of the 'English dream' is too strong for anything to deter migrants from crossing the Channel

A migrant in Calais has vowed to keep crossing the Channel "again and again" in order to enter the UK, even if he is deported.

Sir Keir Starmer's "one-in, one-out" deal was seen by some as a solution to the current migrant crisis.


However, legal claims and other problems have meant that in the first week of the scheme, only three migrants have been deported.

The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, accused migrants of "making a mockery" of the UK's laws by making "vexatious last-minute claims" of human trafficking and modern slavery.

As a result, she blocked migrants from challenging decisions by the Home Office to deport them.

However, on Thursday, asylum seekers in Calais told The Telegraph the threat of deportation is not enough to put them off making the crossing.

Discussing the likelihood of Ms Mahmood deporting him once he enters the UK, Syrian father-of-three, Ahmed Mustapha, said: "She's just talking. They say the same things again and again, but it doesn't change anything."

The 30-year-old added: "I don't care what she says. They can't deport me. I will talk to a lawyer and try to cross again and again. I control myself."

Christophe Gosselin, a volunteer for the migrant charity Salam, agreed that the "one-in, one-out" deal will not be enough to deter migrants from making the crossing.

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Sir Keir Starmer's 'one-in, one-out' deal was made to try and deter migrants from making the crossing

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He said: "The problem is the English dream. For migrants, England is the dream.

"They assume it's no problem to work there and you get the good life."

The charity Care4Calais was found to have distributed leaflets to migrants in France which provided "important contacts" if they are detained for deportation.

According to The Telegraph, the document said in Arabic: "The UK and French governments have launched a pilot scheme to allow a limited number of people to apply to enter the UK.

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"However, for every person allowed into the UK, an equivalent person will be returned to France.

"This means that some people may be detained upon entering the UK, and the UK Government will attempt to return them to France.

"If you are detained, it is important that you seek legal advice."

A spokesman for the charity said it distributed leaflets telling migrants how they "can apply for the limited safe route this deal provides, as well as explaining the risks of being permanently denied the right to seek sanctuary in the UK if they are detained and returned to France."

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Migrants in Calais said they would keep trying to cross the Channel to the UK even if they were deported

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They added: "Knowing how to access you right to legal representation if you are detained is a key part of the information people need to make their own decisions, and assert their right to access justice should the UK Government seek to permanently deny them the right to seek sanctuary under this deal."

Ali Al-Farars from Iraq said that because his country was a League of Nations mandate governed by Britain from 1921 to 1932, he was justified in travelling to the UK.

He said: "Lawyers have told me that I will be accepted because I have committed no crimes.

"[Care4Calais] told us our rights and what we will face when we get there.

"We have many connections, many people and many law options to work on our cases when we are there.

"England colonised my country, now England is responsible for us."

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