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Taxpayers are footing the bill to send migrants home while Britain’s borders remain out of control

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Providing more evidence of the dysfunctionality of the UK’s immigration system, a fresh investigation has revealed that British taxpayers have funded £35million worth of departure payments for over 20,000 migrants through the Government's assisted returns programme. To put this into context, the UK Government recently committed to investing a smaller sum of £30million “to restore and create wildlife-rich habitats across England’s most iconic landscapes from the wilds of Dartmoor to the rugged Lake District”. Under the assisted returns programme, the UK Government offers help to migrants to return to their country of origin if they no longer have permission to remain here. The formal term for this is ‘voluntary return’. If migrants are eligible, the voluntary returns service explains options for migrants wishing to return home, offers them help with obtaining travel documents (such as a passport), and may even cover plane tickets. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Migrants may also be el

First report: Taxpayers pay migrants £35m to go home since Labour came to power under controversial returns scheme — gbnews.com, 1d