UK ends migrant exchange deal with France
Pilot programme aimed at reducing Channel crossings will not be extended
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UK ends migrant exchange deal with France
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What this story says
- The UK and France have ended their 'one in, one out' migrant exchange agreement.
- The pilot programme aimed to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
- The agreement was due to expire on Thursday or October 1, 2026.
- The British Home Office announced the end of the agreement.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 38 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 10 of the 48 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
41/100
48 sources · methodology
The United Kingdom and France have ended their 'one in, one out' migrant exchange agreement. The British Home Office announced the termination of the pilot programme, which was designed to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. The agreement was scheduled to conclude on Thursday or October 1, 2026.
Disagreement on deal's effectiveness
Some reports indicate that the agreement was not effective. A spokesman for the French ministry stated that there were "more new cases dealt with" under the programme, implying it was successful. However, the Daily Express digest suggests that new cases were no longer processed due to too few people being handled under the scheme.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated digests mention the cost estimate of £84 million that GB News reported. None of the centre-rated digests mention the cost estimate of £84 million that GB News reported.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 30 Sept 2026, 18:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
19 rated outlets
- Seven of the 17 left-rated reports focused on the scrapping of the UK-France migrant exchange deal. These reports highlighted that the pilot programme aimed to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. The digests from ElliotLakeToday.com, Orillia Matters, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Timmins Today, Bay Today, Guelph Today, and London (AP) all stated that Britain's government announced the end of the programme.
Centre
13 rated outlets
- Eight of the 13 centre-rated reports focused on the termination of the UK-France migrant exchange agreement. These digests, including those from Bloomberg, France24, leprogres.fr, and City News, noted that the deal was intended to reduce the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats. Several centre-rated digests mentioned that the agreement was due to expire on Thursday or October 1, 2026.
Right
6 rated outlets
- All six right-rated reports focused on the end of the UK-France migrant exchange deal. GB News reported that the deal cost the taxpayer £84million and that deportation flights would continue for several weeks. Handelsblatt and Jonesboro Sun digests mentioned that deportation flights would continue in the coming weeks. The Daily Express digest stated that new cases were no longer being processed because too few people had been handled under the scheme.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover UK ends migrant exchange deal with France?
- Of the 38 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 50% are rated left, 34% are rated centre, 16% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 48. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is UK ends migrant exchange deal with France left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 38 rated outlets on this story, 50% are rated left, 34% are rated centre, 16% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of UK ends migrant exchange deal with France biased?
- UK ends migrant exchange deal with France is one event reported by 48 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered UK ends migrant exchange deal with France?
- 48 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What was the 'one in, one out' migrant deal between the UK and France?
- The 'one in, one out' migrant exchange agreement was a pilot programme between the UK and France. It aimed to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats by exchanging undocumented migrants who arrived irregularly in the UK for legal reception of other migrants in France.
- When did the UK-France migrant deal end?
- The agreement was due to expire on Thursday or October 1, 2026. The British Home Office announced the end of the pilot programme, and it is no longer in effect.
- How much did the UK-France migrant deal cost?
- GB News reported that the deal cost the UK taxpayer £84 million. This figure was not mentioned in any of the left-rated or centre-rated digests provided.
Read it at the source
48 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
19- The One-for-One Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom Is over, London Announces (opens Liberation in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
Timmins Today — is Timmins Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Rocky Mountain Outlook in a new tab)
Rocky Mountain Outlook — is Rocky Mountain Outlook biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia Matters — is Orillia Matters biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens ElliotLakeToday.com in a new tab)
ElliotLakeToday.com — is ElliotLakeToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens flamboroughtoday.com in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Prince George Citizen in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Guelph Today in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens The Washington Post in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Associated Press News in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens ABC News in a new tab)
- Deal between UK and France aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing English Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Beckley Register-Herald in a new tab)
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- UK-France ‘one in, one out’ Channel migrant deal ends – what it means (opens The Independent in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
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Centre
13- UK Ends Migrant Returns Deal With France Tackling Small Boats (opens Bloomberg in a new tab)
- UK-France 'one in, one out' migrant exchange deal is scrapped (opens France24 in a new tab)
- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens leprogres.fr in a new tab)
leprogres.fr — is leprogres.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens ledauphine.com in a new tab)
ledauphine.com — is ledauphine.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
Battlefords NOW — is Battlefords NOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens City News in a new tab)
- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Newsday in a new tab)
- Deal between UK and France aimed at reducing number of migrants crossi (opens WBAL in a new tab)
- Small boat 'one in, one out' deal with France is scrapped (opens dailymail.com in a new tab)
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- UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Winnipeg Free Press in a new tab)
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Right
6- Migration: British Government Terminates Migration Agreement with France (opens Handelsblatt in a new tab)
Handelsblatt — is Handelsblatt biased? Our profile of this outlet
- United Kingdom: London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement with France (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
- Deal between UK and France aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing English Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Madison Courier in a new tab)
Madison Courier — is Madison Courier biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Deal between UK and France aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing English Channel in small boats is scrapped (opens Jonesboro Sun in a new tab)
Jonesboro Sun — is Jonesboro Sun biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Humiliation for Labour as key migrant deal with France collapses (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Daily Express — is Daily Express biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Britain's failed 'one in, one out' migrant returns deal with France SCRAPPED after costing taxpayer £84million (opens GB News in a new tab)
Not rated
10- End of Franco-British Migrant Agreement (opens Nettavisen in a new tab)
Nettavisen — is Nettavisen biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Britain: End to "One-to-One" Migration Deal with France (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
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- Fiasco of the "One-for-One" Agreement on Migrants: France and the United Kingdom Put an End to the Measure After One Year (opens midilibre.fr in a new tab)
midilibre.fr — is midilibre.fr biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens vosgesmatin.fr in a new tab)
vosgesmatin.fr — is vosgesmatin.fr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens republicain-lorrain.fr in a new tab)
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- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens lejsl.com in a new tab)
- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens lalsace.fr in a new tab)
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- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens estrepublicain.fr in a new tab)
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- Immigration. London Announces the End of the Migrant Exchange Agreement Between France and the United Kingdom (opens bienpublic.com in a new tab)
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- UK-France Channel migrant exchange deal has been scrapped: London (opens Insider Paper in a new tab)
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