Kosovo offers to become first country to accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers

<p>Kosovo is an outlier in the region, whose other leaders say ‘looking for places to dump immigrants’ is evidence the UK is in ‘a very dark place’</p><p>Kosovo has become the first country to indicate it will accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers as part of government plans to set up “return hubs” in third countries.</p><p>Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, said he “wants to help the UK” and confirmed discussions were taking place with officials from the UK, the Times <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/migrant-returns-deal-kosovo-news-wpt99n7r2">reports</a>. The plans would seek to send people whose asylum claims had been turned down to foreign detention centres once they had exhausted all avenues of appeal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/kosovo-offers-to-become-first-country-to-accept-britains-unsuccessful-asylum-seekers">Continue reading...</a>