Some asylum seekers to be offered £10,000 to leave Britain

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Some asylum seekers to be offered £10,000 to leave Britain

The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said that asylum seekers who break the law or work illegally are to be thrown out of Government-funded accommodation and lose their support payments. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe]

Speaking at an event in London, Shabana Mahmood also said that a small number of failed asylum seekers will be offered an “increased incentive payment” of £10,000 per person to leave Britain under a pilot scheme.

The Home Secretary said the Government would seek to echo reforms introduced in Denmark.

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Date: March 5, 2026