New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- An Indian national on Thursday became the first person to be deported to France under a new treaty between the country and the United Kingdom.

The Indian national, whose name has not been revealed, arrived to the UK illegally via the English Channel onboard a small boat.

The man has been flown out to Paris from Heathrow Airport on an Air France plane under the so-called "one-in, one-out" deal struck recently as part of a UK-France returns treaty.

He is said to have arrived in to the UK in early August and has been living there illegally till now.

Home Office sources confirmed that the deported man was an Indian national, who is expected to be offered a paid-for voluntary return to his home country once back in F...