‘Return hubs’ that would see Britain send failed asylum seekers to another country have been endorsed by the UN’s refugee agency. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper met the UN’s high commissioner for refugees Filipo Grandi last month to discuss the idea. It had been reported that the government is looking into the prospect of paying countries such as those in the Balkans to take in failed asylum seekers – which ministers hope might discourage people from crossing the Channel in small boats.
