HUNDREDS of would-be immigrants who took thousands of pounds worth of government ‘bribes’ to go back to their own countries have been caught trying to get back into the United Kingdom, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
Ministers are spending millions on voluntary repatriation programmes in a desperate attempt to cut the number of people waiting for the go-ahead to stay in Britain.
The policy has mushroomed in the past few years, with the ‘golden goodbye’ soaring from just £500 in 2002 to a package worth £3,000 today.
More than 8,000 failed asylum-seekers and people waiting for a decision on their application to stay took the money and went home in 2005. The scheme is costing the government almost £9.5m annually.





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1 omasbaer // Sep 30, 2006 at 5:19 pm
My god is the UK government stupid !
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