2011-06-03 Telegraph : Public fund more than £1 million to 'bribe' illegal immig

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The public are paying more than £1 million a month to "bribe" illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers to go home.

Up to £74 million has been spent in the last five years funding a voluntary return scheme for those who have no right to remain in the UK.

The programme currently offers packages worth up to £2,000 "in kind" support in their home country in return for them not fighting removal.

It comes a week after The Daily Telegraph disclosed that up to £25 million has been spent over the same period in "bribes" for foreign criminals to go home.

Separate figures today also show that a further £8.2 million was spent last year on charter flights to send almost 2,000 failed asylum seekers and foreign prisoners home.

Ministers insist the expenditure saves the taxpayer in the long run because it saves on lengthy legal battles to avoid removal.

But the rising public bill has renewed the debate over where the line should be drawn.

James Clappison, a Tory MP and member of the Commons home affairs select committee, said: "This is one symptom of the legal mess we face in the whole asylum system.

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