Asylum: Deportation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which nationalities are included in the Enhanced Voluntary Returns offer pilot.
Answered by Alex Norris
This pilot is about fairness and control. The scheme is designed to get families out of costly hotels faster, remove incentives to delay, and save taxpayers money. We will see if it works and scale if it does.
We expect people to take the offer and leave the country voluntarily but, where they do not, Immigration Enforcement will seek to enforce their departure
The offer is directed at failed asylum seeker families with no right to stay, who are currently being housed at public expense. It is not targeted at particular nationalities.
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