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Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact in other countries of offering payments to failed asylum seekers who agree to return to their home country on trends in numbers of people claiming asyl

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Home Office
Tabled
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
21 Apr 2026
Answer
21 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact in other countries of offering payments to failed asylum seekers who agree to return to their home country on trends in numbers of people claiming asyl

  2. 21 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The enhanced voluntary return offer is a strategic and time-limited approach mirroring schemes seen in Denmark, where voluntary return is prioritised and families are offered payments up to the equivalent of £30,000 to expedite departures. This has contri...

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