People held under new 'one in, one out' plan say they had not heard of deal with France

Asylum seekers locked in detention centres as part of Labour's "one in, one out" deal say they had not heard of the scheme before arriving in the UK on small boats and were terrified of being returned home.

- Diane Taylor

The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has said the plan to send one small boat arrival back to France in exchange for accepting another to live in the UK would deter the thousands from crossing the Channel.

Since the first group of small boat arrivals were detained on 6 August, 2,363 people have crossed the Channel. More than 50,000 have crossed since Labour came into power.

"I was so happy to survive the journey across the Channel and to reach land in the UK. Then the Home Office locked me up. I'm still in shock," said a man from Eritrea, speaking to the Guardian from a detention centre.