Refused asylum seeker families will be offered up to £40,000 to leave Britain under pilot scheme, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live

The home secretary said that Britain will trial a scheme to encourage a small number of asylum seekers whose claims are rejected to exit the countryShe says “we will always offer protection to genuine refugees” and outlines how the UK has taken in Ukrainian and Hong Kong refugees.She says “restoring control at our borders is not a betrayal of Labour values”. She says we must attract high-skilled workers. And that “the privilege of living in this country forever must be earned”. Continue reading…