US EditionUK to ask Kosovo to take migrants as part of ‘return hubs’ plan: Report
- The UK government intends to approach Kosovo to host overseas "return hubs" that would temporarily accommodate asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected, as a component of its new migration strategy announced in 2025.
- This initiative follows the scrapping of the Rwanda scheme and aims to temporarily accommodate migrants who exhausted all legal appeals while their deportation is arranged.
- Kosovo, along with eight other countries including North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, appears on a government shortlist for these hubs, although no formal talks have yet occurred.
- Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani said her country is open to discussion but confirmed there have been no official requests or detailed talks with the UK so far.
- Critics, including shadow home secretary Chris Philp, dispute the hubs' effectiveness, arguing most migrants crossing the Channel have accepted asylum claims, so the hubs will not deter illegal entry.
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