- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a pilot scheme offering incentive payments to failed asylum seekers to encourage their departure from Britain.
- The initiative targets 150 families currently housed in migrant hotels, with offers of £10,000 per family member, capped at £40,000 per family.
- Families are given seven days to accept the offer, after which the Home Office will attempt to forcibly remove them from the country.
- A consultation will be launched on legal methods for removing families, including considering how force can be used against children.
- Officials state the scheme aims to provide value for money, as housing an average family of three in an asylum hotel costs around £158,000 annually.
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