'Return hubs' get UN backing in boost for potential plans to deport failed asylum seekers

Could Labour's 'return hubs' plan tackle soaring immigration?

‘Return hubs’ have been touted as a possible new weapon in the Government’s arsenal to beat soaring illegal immigration in the UK.Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “smash the gangs” smuggling people across borders to travel to the UK.Last November, revised official figures showed net migration to the UK hit a record 906,000 in 2023, and was 728,000 for the year to June 2024.A total of 9,099 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far this yea…

Migration bombshell as UN backs major plan to deport asylum seekers

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper discussed the idea for those who have gone through all the appeals processes with the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last month.

UN endorses Labour's plan to deport rejected asylum seekers to 'return hubs'

The United Nation’s refugee agency has endorsed Labour’s plan to deport rejected asylum seekers to “return hubs”.Sources have described the development as a “game-changing” shift, coming shortly after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper raised the idea of paying Balkan nations to accept the UK’s failed asylum seekers during talks with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).According to The Times, the Government is exploring the creation of a net…

UN backs 'return hubs' in boost to Labour plans to deport failed asylum seekers

The United Nations has thrown its support behind Labour’s so-called “return hubs” in a boost to Government plans to deport failed asylum seekers.

'Return hubs' get UN backing in boost for potential plans to deport failed asylum seekers

Sir Keir Starmer has taken an interest in potentially emulating the Italian approach to tackling illegal migration, whereby those with no right to remain are deported to detention centres overseas.

UN backs Britain’s overseas ‘refugee hub’ ambitions

Support for ‘effective return systems’ as UK considers sending failed asylum seekers to centres in Balkans