As an agreement for the return to France of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Britain in small boats is being haltingly implemented, an undiminished number of people are attempting the cross-Channel journey and taking advantage of stable weather.
On Friday a migrant was expelled from Britain after losing a High Court challenge, the second person to be sent back to France under the "one in one out" pilot scheme agreed by both governments over the summer.
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