UK to Pay Failed Asylum Seekers £10,000 to Leave; Forced Deportation if Refused

• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils a pilot scheme offering £10,000 per person (up to £40,000/family) to failed asylum seekers to leave the UK.
• Those refusing the 'incentive payment' will face forced deportation, saving taxpayers an estimated £20 million.
• The scheme, inspired by Denmark's model, targets 150 families in its first phase.
• Asylum seekers breaking laws or working illegally will lose state-funded accommodation and support.
• Other reforms include an 'emergency brake' on student visas for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, Sudan, and doubling the settlement qualifying period to 10 years.