Asylum seeker sent back to France in ‘one in, one out’ scheme to be returned to Syria

A 26-year-old Kurdish Syrian man, who fled forced conscription by the YPG militia, was sent back to France under the UK-France 'one in, one out' asylum scheme and may now be returned to Syria. The scheme, agreed by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in July 2025, aims to reduce Channel crossings by exchanging returned asylum seekers for legal entries.