Failed Asylum Seeker Families to Be Paid up to £40K to Leave UK Within 7 Days Under Radical Trial

The Home Office is launching a new pilot where up to £10,000 per person will be given for people who cooperate with the system.

Around 150 families – including children – are expected to take part in the trial, to see if it can help save money.

They hope that if rolled out more widely, it can save the Home Office up to £20million a year.

LBC spoke with the Home Secretary about the plans last week on a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she took inspiration from the Danes for our migration system.

They pay families up to £30,000 in order to leave quickly.

She said she wanted to pay people more than the £3,000 they’re currently getting in a bid to try and encourage more to leave, quicker.

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The Home Office says they are stuck paying hundreds of families with no right to be in Britain up to £158,000 a year to stay in hotels, and receive support.

LBC can reveal that Shabana Mahmood will today announce a new pilot, where specifically selected families will be able to apply.

They will get access to the extra cash if they accept the offer within seven days and return to a deemed safe country.

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She will give a speech at the IPPR think tank later today where she’ll reveal more of the reforms she wants to implement in a bid to “restore order” to our borders.

The government’s also announced that asylum handouts and accommodation will be removed for migrants who are abusing the system.

Ministers will repeal parts of EU law to remove the right to asylum support and accommodation from those who can support themselves, break the law, or work illegally.

They hope that will be another step to remove the incentives which are drawing illegal migrants to Britain.

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The Home Secretary will instead review asylum-seeker status every 30 months, and if a country is designated to be safe within that time, families will be expected to return home.

Last year the government spent £4billion on asylum support.

As of December, the Home Office says there were 107,003 individuals in receipt of asylum support with 30,657 in around 200 asylum hotels.

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