"Failed asylum seeker families with children will be offered up to 40,000 to leave the country quickly or face being deported, Shabana Mahmood has announced. As part of the home secretary's immigration overhaul, a pilot scheme has been launched for 150 families who are living in migrant hotels, with offers already sent out."
"The families will be offered 10,000 per member, capped at four per family, to leave the UK voluntarily. They will have seven days to reply and if they do not take up the offer, the Home Office will attempt to forcibly remove them from the country."
"Ms Mahmood told an event in Westminster on Thursday that the Home Office will launch a consultation on how to remove families with children legally, including considering how force can be used against children. If the pilot is successful, government will extend it to all failed asylum seeker families."
The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has launched a pilot immigration scheme targeting 150 failed asylum seeker families currently residing in migrant hotels. Families will receive £10,000 per member, capped at four members per family, totaling up to £40,000 to voluntarily leave the country. Families have seven days to respond to the offer. Those declining will face forced removal proceedings. The Home Office is simultaneously launching a consultation on legal removal procedures for families with children, including consideration of force use. Officials claim the scheme provides taxpayer value, as maintaining families in hotels costs significantly more. If successful, the government plans to extend the pilot nationwide to all failed asylum seeker families.
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