December 14, 2025Dec 14 Migrant Farce As Illegals Offered Perks To Quit Britain Illegal migrants and failed asylum seekers are being offered a staggering package of taxpayer-funded perks if they agree to leave the UK — in what critics are branding the biggest migrant farce yet. A Sunday Express investigation has revealed that the Government is so desperate to boost so-called “voluntary returns” that foreign nationals with no right to stay are being handed help to set up businesses, free accommodation, food, transport — and even a personal airport welcome when they land back home. Under the scheme, migrants removed to countries including Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Iraq and Vietnam can receive hotel accommodation for up to five nights, extendable to ten. The UK will also pay for onward travel, food packs and “family tracing and reunification services”. Even more astonishingly, migrants can tap into a “Returnee Education and Entrepreneurship Fund”, offering grants, mentoring, workshops and vocational training — all bankrolled by the British taxpayer. The scheme is run by IRARA, a Brussels-based organisation which openly advertises help with job applications, education enrolment and setting up businesses. Promotional material promises that returnees will be met at the airport, given immediate accommodation or medical support, and helped to “rebuild their lives”. Critics warn Britain is being turned into a global soft touch, effectively advertising a luxury exit package for people who entered the country illegally or committed crimes. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said Labour was offering “special treatment” instead of firm enforcement, warning that without real consequences, illegal migration will only increase. Reform UK’s Lee Anderson branded the scheme an “outrageous use of public cash”, accusing politicians of rolling out the red carpet on the way out while British families struggle at home. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith said it was madness to squeeze British entrepreneurs with high taxes, only to fund startups overseas for migrants who broke the rules. The Home Office insists the scheme saves money, arguing it costs around £30,000 a year to keep an asylum seeker in the UK — but critics say that excuse will do little to calm public anger. KEY TAKEAWAYS Illegal migrants are being offered accommodation, food and business grants to leave. Critics say Britain looks like a global soft touch rewarding rule-breakers. Fury grows as taxpayers fund perks while UK families and firms struggle. SOURCE: Express
Migrant Farce As Illegals Offered Perks To Quit Britain Illegal migrants and failed asylum seekers are being offered a staggering package of taxpayer-funded perks if they agree to leave the UK — in what critics are branding the biggest migrant farce yet. A Sunday Express investigation has revealed that the Government is so desperate to boost so-called “voluntary returns” that foreign nationals with no right to stay are being handed help to set up businesses, free accommodation, food, transport — and even a personal airport welcome when they land back home. Under the scheme, migrants removed to countries including Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Iraq and Vietnam can receive hotel accommodation for up to five nights, extendable to ten. The UK will also pay for onward travel, food packs and “family tracing and reunification services”. Even more astonishingly, migrants can tap into a “Returnee Education and Entrepreneurship Fund”, offering grants, mentoring, workshops and vocational training — all bankrolled by the British taxpayer. The scheme is run by IRARA, a Brussels-based organisation which openly advertises help with job applications, education enrolment and setting up businesses. Promotional material promises that returnees will be met at the airport, given immediate accommodation or medical support, and helped to “rebuild their lives”. Critics warn Britain is being turned into a global soft touch, effectively advertising a luxury exit package for people who entered the country illegally or committed crimes. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said Labour was offering “special treatment” instead of firm enforcement, warning that without real consequences, illegal migration will only increase. Reform UK’s Lee Anderson branded the scheme an “outrageous use of public cash”, accusing politicians of rolling out the red carpet on the way out while British families struggle at home. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith said it was madness to squeeze British entrepreneurs with high taxes, only to fund startups overseas for migrants who broke the rules. The Home Office insists the scheme saves money, arguing it costs around £30,000 a year to keep an asylum seeker in the UK — but critics say that excuse will do little to calm public anger. KEY TAKEAWAYS Illegal migrants are being offered accommodation, food and business grants to leave. Critics say Britain looks like a global soft touch rewarding rule-breakers. Fury grows as taxpayers fund perks while UK families and firms struggle. SOURCE: Express
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