ASYLUM-SEEKERS and illegal immigrants are to be offered a ￡3,000 bounty to leave Britain voluntarily as part of the Government’s efforts to increase the number who are returning home.

The handouts will be paid to people who agree to leave the country in the next six months and could mean a family of four receiving ￡8,000 in cash plus a further ￡4,000 in job training and education.

It is the first time that asylum-seekers and illegal migrants have been offered cash to leave the country and could cost ￡6.2 million if the predicted 3,000 people take the offer. In addition the Government will pay their travel costs.

The move comes after the Home Office admitted that it has failed to meet the Prime Minister’s pledge…