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Asylum Seeker Wins Bid to Delay Deportation Under U.K.-France Treaty

The case was the first challenge relating to the treaty, which aims to reduce small-boat crossings of the English Channel by migrants, to reach London’s High Court.

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Migrants trying to cross to Britain from northern France on a small boat last month. More than 30,000 people have made such crossings so far this year.
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