The Home Office is splurging an eye-watering £1.8 million on a contract to “reintegrate” failed asylum seekers deported to Algeria and Sri Lanka. The two-year long contract spotted by the Taxpayer’s Alliance went live less than two weeks ago. Which lucky non-profit will pick that one up…
According to the government’s own website, the cash will bankroll a generous list of post-deportation perks for illegal migrants once they’ve been put on a plane home, including:
All this for ‘Returning Migrants’ to just two countries – neither of which features among the main nationalities returned from the UK in recent years. Callum McGoldrick of the TPA said:
“Providing a VIP resettlement package including ‘entrepreneurship funds’ and mentorship for returnees is a total slap in the face to hard-pressed Brits. The Home Office should be focusing on security, not acting as a high-end travel agent. It’s time to pull the plug on this waste.”
Asylum Freebiegate rolls on…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”