Illegal migrants are reportedly taking advantage of Britain’s self-deportation compensation scheme, pocketing thousands in taxpayer cash to leave only to return to the UK while bragging about their exploits online.
The Republic of Ireland will offer families of supposed asylum seekers up to €10,000 to drop their claims and voluntarily leave the country, in an apparent admission that the government’s open borders policies have gone too far.
A group of northern Euro nations has agreed to work together, saying they will share deportation flights and organise voluntary repatriations.
The populist Sweden Democrats (SD) have called for the repatriation of Syrians, Afghans, and Somalis, noting their rate of unemployment and high numbers who have not integrated.
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced Turkey is looking to return at least a million Syrians back to their country.
Just 5,000 people opted to voluntarily return to their country and receive a sum of cash from the French government to do so in 2021.
European Commissioner for Migration Ylva Johansson admitted that just a third of bogus, rejected asylum seekers return to their home countries — and less than a third go voluntarily.
The British government is offering cash payments of up to £2,000 to European Union citizens to leave the UK and resettle on the continent.
A total of 134 Iraqi migrants have returned to their home country this week, with some accepting €2,000 (£1,800/$2,400) as part of a Greek government programme.
The Czech Republic is launching a programme to pay non-EU migrants to go home, noting that funding the scheme would cost taxpayers “far less” than if migrant groups targeted remained in the country.
