Starmer reveals plans to send refused asylum seekers to overseas ‘return hubs’

<p>PM proposes use of third countries during visit to Albania, which rules out role in any such UK scheme</p><p>Plans to send refused asylum seekers to “return hubs” in third countries have been announced by Keir Starmer on a trip to Albania during which the Balkan country ruled out participating in the scheme.</p><p>The prime minister flew to Tirana to confirm the UK was seeking 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/uk-news/2025/may/15/starmer-trip-labelled-an-embarassment-as-albania-rules-out-asylum-seeker-deal">Continue reading...</a>