Foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers will not be given more than £10,000 to return home, a Home Office minister has revealed. Shabana Mahmood wants to increase the amount given to immigration offenders, foreign convicts and those refused sanctuary in the UK to encourage them to leave.

And Border Security Minister Alex Norris claimed the payments - currently up to £3,000 - were "great value" because of the costs of accommodating illegal arrivals.

He insisted the handouts would not exceed £10,000 - though he refused to set an exact number.

But Mr Norris revealed, for the first time, that the Home Office will deport children born in the UK if their parents are eligible for removal.

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