{"id":8613,"date":"2026-03-30T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8613"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:25:21","slug":"failed-asylum-seekers-will-be-paid-up-to-40k-to-leave-the-uk-shabana-mahmood-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/30\/failed-asylum-seekers-will-be-paid-up-to-40k-to-leave-the-uk-shabana-mahmood-announces\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed asylum seekers will be paid up to \u00a340k to leave the UK, Shabana Mahmood announces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has launched a pilot scheme offering failed asylum-seeking families up to \u00a340,000 to voluntarily leave the UK, or face forcible deportation. The government argues the \u00a310,000-per-person payment is a cost-effective alternative to the approximately \u00a3158,000 required to house a family of three in migrant hotels for one year. Charities and opposition leaders have condemned the plan, warning that the seven-day ultimatum and the potential reintroduction of child detention will cause significant trauma to vulnerable minors. The move is part of a broader immigration overhaul that includes making refugee status temporary and doubling the pathway to permanent residency from five to 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: March 5, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/asylum-seekers-payments-hotels-40k-shabana-mahmood-immigration-b2932630.html\">independent.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has launched a pilot scheme offering failed asylum-seeking families up to \u00a340,000 to voluntarily leave the UK, or face forcible deportation. The government argues the \u00a310,000-per-person payment is a cost-effective alternative to the approximately \u00a3158,000 required to house a family of three in migrant hotels for one year. Charities and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-and-integration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8848,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613\/revisions\/8848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}