UK FIGHTS LEGAL BLOCKS TO ILLEGAL MIGRANT REMOVALS-Shabana Mahmood says he would do whatever it takes to secure the UK border

UK has pledged to fight what it called “vexatious, last minute claims” used to block or delay the deportation of illegal migrants, a day after a court temporarily blocked an asylum seeker who arrived on a small boat being sent to France.

Foreign minister Shabana Mahmood who stated that he would fight to end vexatious, last-minute claims and robustly defend the British public’s priorities in any court, further added that he would do whatever it takes to secure the UK border,” 

On Tuesday a 25-year-old Eritrean man, who arrived in Britain on August 12, won an interim injunction at London’s High Court that prevented his removal on a flight to France under a “one in, one out” pilot scheme announced by Britain and France in July.

The court ruling came with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government facing mounting pressure to stop small boats taking asylum seekers across the Channel from Europe, a route by which more than 30,000 people have come so far in 2025.