(up to) £40k golden goodbye for asylum seekers.

[diy_fun_uk]

What do we think of this? I just think it smacks of yet another gimmick that isn't addressing the root issues. There is an argument that, pound for pound, it's a cheaper option for the taxpayer.

On a phone-in today someone said it'll just be used by asylum seekers to make some £££ i.e. they'll accept the money to leave, and then pop back across.

Failed asylum seeker families offered up to £40,000 to leave Britain

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has sanctioned the huge pay-outs in a bid to save even larger sums of taxpayers' money currently being spent on supporting failed applicants.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[motorbiking]

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY - Seeking illegal immigrants with 1,500 euros in their pocket. Guaranteed 10-20X return in just a few months. May involve getting your feet wet.

What prevents them from coming back?

Surely if they are able to leave we can make them leave?

 

[blup]

Cheaper than Rawannda, real estate now available in Teyran, self build only

 

[ellal]

What prevents them from coming back?

Nothing...

Surely if they are able to leave we can make them leave?

Try blaming brexit for a change

 

[motorbiking]

Nothing...


Try blaming brexit for a change

Ahh the old Dublin Agreement.

Please take these two people back, since they came to your country first:
Non Merci

 

[motorbiking]

Cheaper than Rawannda, real estate now available in Teyran, self build only

Great idea we could probably take them on the ship we are sending. rumour has it, HMS Victory will get there before HMS Dragon.

 

[noseall]

Ahh the old Dublin Agreement.

Staight after it was revoked, the small boats floodgates opened. Well done brexers.

Brexit - total pile of useless dog turd.

 

[charliegolf]

Net migration down. Asylum is becoming temporary. Restrictions on family resettlement. Visa bans on 4 countries. Deportation for a suspended sentence (not jail).

But hey, just keep reading the Mail.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Net migration down. Asylum is becoming temporary. Restrictions on family resettlement. Visa bans on 4 countries. Deportation for a suspended sentence (not jail).

But hey, just keep reading the Mail.

So the part of the plan about giving families up to £40k isn't true?

 

[charliegolf]

So the part of the plan about giving families up to £40k isn't true?

Dunno, but it's f-ing selective.

 

[motorbiking]

Dunno, but it's f-ing selective.

Is it a good idea or not?

 

[noseall]

Is it a good idea or not?

Certainly better value than the Rwanda - waste of money - clusterfook?

 

[motorbiking]

Certainly better than the Rwanda - waste of money - clusterfook.

Always good to can, something before it delivers value.

 

[MNW67]

I am open to most ideas to end this problem. Let's give it a go and see if it works.

The dangers of abuse may be overstated. I can't see many people giving people smugglers £15k to take them from their home country and travel illegally to the UK, just to be given £10k to go back where they started.

 

[motorbiking]

I am open to most ideas to end this problem. Let's give it a go and see if it works.

The dangers of abuse may be overstated. I can't see many people giving people smugglers £15k to take them from their home country and travel illegally to the UK, just to be given £10k to go back where they started.

Prices have fallen : a recent reports from 2024 and 2025 indicate prices for a place in a small boat have dropped to between £500 and £1,000.