Starmer says in the UK in talks with “Returns Hubs” to take failed asylum seekers

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Sir Kerr Starmer confirmed that the UK is talking to a number of countries about becoming “revenue centers” for asylum seekers whose claims have been rejected in the United Kingdom.

On a visit to Albania on Thursday, the Prime Minister said that the use of the third safe countries may be a “effective” means to remove failed asylum seekers, days after developing comprehensive plans to reduce immigration.

However, after an interview that will pass, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said that the idea applies only to “other countries in the region” and that Albania will not become a return center called Britain.

“The insult” has announced Starmer’s initiative of his revenue axis in Albania, only to his host to say that he does not want any part of it.

UK government officials did not deny that live talks included other countries in West Balkans.

The planned scheme will witness Britain to push other countries to transfer unqualified persons to stay in the country, hoping that this will be a deterrent to irregular immigrants.

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It should be returned and we must make sure it is effectively returned. We’ll do that – if we can – through return centers. “

Britain’s plan was 10 different from the Rwanda plan for conservatives, which would have witnessed irregular migrants who were sent immediately to the African state without hearing asylum in the United Kingdom.

The “Return Centers” model will apply to individuals who have exhausted all legal ways to stay in the United Kingdom, which accelerates the removal operations.

Prime Minister Italy, Giorgia Miloni – who will continue Mutual tactics To cut off people – also try to use Albania to help Italy facing the problem of irregular immigration.

Speaking to Starmer in a shared appearance, Rama said on Thursday that the Italian deal was “one”.

The European Commission has developed plans this year to allow the European Union member states to conclude bilateral deals with the third countries to become revenue centers.

The United Nations Refugee Agency said last month that revenue centers can be “appropriate to” explore “provided that human rights standards and international law was supported.

Starmer admitted that the “not a silver bullet” scheme in reducing pure immigration, but was part of “sent” measures including arrests and agreements with other countries to address the flow of illegal immigrants.

Downg Street said that work in the range will continue in the coming months, but the initial work suggested that the reviews have faced the legal obligations of Britain and were “costly effective, viable and meeting our international obligations.”

Starmer government officials are studying plans to prepare revenue centers in the Balkan countries for several months.

Under the Hub Returns scheme, uncomfortable asylum seekers from safe countries will be sent to the treatment centers in the Balkan collaborators, which in turn arrange their return to their country or its origin.

“We lead to reducing opportunities for them to find other reasons for staying in the United Kingdom – such as marrying a person quickly or starting a family, making their removal more difficult,” said one of the UK government officials.

The Starmer government has made plans to accelerate the returns of immigrants from Britain. Whenever the failed asylum seekers in Britain are staying in Britain after rejecting their requests, the easier they are to formulate successful legal challenges against returning to their homeland.

The Ministry of Interior has returned 24,000 immigrants between July last year and March 2025, the highest number of any nine months since 2017.

But despite Starmer’s pledge to “destroy gangs” that feed the transportation of asylum seekers via the channel, 2025 has so far witnessed the highest levels of small boat crossings.

A total of 12,700 people have reached small boats so far this year, an increase of 33 percent in the same period last year.

UK leader Nigel Faraj – whose party is advancing before Starmer’s work in the polls – asked the Prime Minister this week to announce the Channel crossings a national emergency.