UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped

LONDON: A pilot program between the United Kingdom and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain’s government said Wednesday. In a statement, the Home Office said the so-called “one in, one out” deal is “no longer processing new cases.” Under the plan, people who arrived in the UK after making the dangerous crossing across the Channel could be detained and returned to France in exchange for an equivalent number of asyl