The Times and Telegraph reported that a small group of migrants were removed from a Monday Air France flight due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge. A Government source said the first deportation flights under the deal with France are expected to take place this week. Earlier on Monday, skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith refused to say how many people will be returned to France this week under the deal. Reports suggest formal removal directions have been issued to those who arrived in the UK on small boats last month, telling them they will be deported within five days. The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has topped 30,000 for the year so far.
