UK in talks over offshore detention centres for failed asylum seekers
Britain has opened formal talks about sending failed asylum seekers to detention centres abroad, Sir Keir Starmer has announced during a trip to Albania.
The prime minister said the government wanted to send failed asylum to 'return hubs' overseas once they had exhausted all avenues of appeal. He said that it could form part of Britain's 'armoury' in dealing with illegal migration.
No 10 did not specify which countries it had entered talks with but The Times has previously disclosed that ministers were looking at hubs in the western Balkans. Potential partners could include Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, with any deal requiring Britain to pay for each asylum seeker who has been relocated.
The prime minister is due to meet Edi Rama, his
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