British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said that families of rejected asylum seekers will be offered up to £40,000 to leave the UK under a trial scheme.
Shabana Mahmood said the government would seek to forcibly remove rejected asylum seekers if they do not accept “stimulus payments” within 7 days up to £10,000 per person, for families of up to four.
The scheme is thought to target around 150 families living in taxpayer-funded housing, and the Home Office estimates it could save £20m if it is successful.
Mahmoud said it costs up to £158,000 a year to put a family of three in asylum housing. But the Conservatives and Farage's "reformers" said the payments would encourage people to come to the UK illegally.
Mahmoud revealed the scheme as he tried to make the "Labour case" to limit support for some asylum seekers in a speech to a left-wing think tank on Thursday.
The government already runs a voluntary return scheme under which asylum seekers who choose to leave the UK can receive up to £3,000 in financial support.
Germany will set up refugee centres in third countries. They will deport people who are not eligible for refugee status but cannot be returned to their home country.
Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Greece have agreed to set up special centres outside the EU for migrants who are obliged to leave the country where they have sought asylum but cannot return to their home country. The aim is to prevent them from remaining on German territory and to reduce the incentive for illegal migration.
The initiative was agreed within the framework of the Working Group on Innovative Solutions in Third Countries and approved by the Council of Interior Ministers in Brussels. After a final decision on return, the migrants will be transferred to these centers, from where their final return to their homeland or to another country ready to accept them will be organized.
Germany is focusing on North Africa, including a potential center in Tunisia. The reason is that some countries such as Algeria and Morocco often refuse to take back their citizens or issue documents, and deportations to countries such as Libya are difficult.
In addition to deportations, the five countries are also planning to conduct immigration procedures outside Europe, modeled on the British program in Rwanda. Specific locations have not yet been announced.