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The United Kingdom appears to have solved the puzzle of convincing migrants who have been refused asylum to return to their countries of origin. This measure also includes Albanians, who if they agree to return to Albania, will be able to benefit from up to 10 thousand pounds, but no more. At least according to the Daily Express, which refers to the Minister for Border Security.
Alex Norris said the Home Office should dispel the "idea" that Britain can deport illegal immigrants.
Norris confirmed that the UK is holding talks with Paris about extending a funding agreement with France, as hopes grow that the first ships will be docked in shallow waters.
Under the Labour Party's plans, the Home Office will deport children born in the UK if their parents are eligible for removal.
Migrant families whose asylum claims have been rejected will be deported if they refuse financial incentives.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants to increase the amount given to immigration offenders, foreign convicts and those who have been refused asylum in the UK, to encourage them to leave.
But rejected asylum seekers, immigration offenders and foreign criminals will not receive more than £10,000 to return home, Mr Norris said.
He claimed the payments, currently up to £3,000, were "of great value" due to the costs of accommodating illegal arrivals.
The Labour Minister insisted that the benefits would not exceed £10,000, although he refused to specify an exact number.
Speaking ahead of the arrival of the first migrants at the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, which has reopened as part of a bid to increase removals, Norris told the Express: "At the moment, the kind of regime we're talking about is around £3,000."
"The reality is that, for the public, this is a great value because the need to stay in a hotel for an extended period of time is very costly to taxpayers and that's before all the costs associated with those hotels are reached. Offering incentives for voluntary returns is a good value for taxpayers, it makes this process easier and that's why we want to see this happen. If there are ways to make sure that happens more often, then that's what we're looking at closely," he said.
Asked if the payments could reach £10,000 per migrant, Mr Norris insisted: "that's not a figure I would recognise."
Asked if it could be higher, the Minister of Labor said: “No.”
Each asylum seeker costs, on average, £30,000 a year for accommodation, food, clothing and emergency cash payments, the Daily Express reveals.
Norris said that “we already do a number of family returns. However, this has not been part of the main approach of the Home Office, which means that we are in a situation where we have 700 Albanian families who are rejected asylum seekers, they are a country that is a signatory to the ECHR and they are not leaving.”
"This is not fair and we want them to be as voluntary as possible," he said.
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