Failed asylum seekers could be deported to Albania under new return hub scheme

Starmer confirmed talks over migration plans.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that talks have been opened with several nations about 'return hubs'.

This would see failed asylum seekers moved to oversea detention centres before being sent back to their homeland.

A similar agreement has recently been reached by Albania with Italy.

The agreement has sparked outcry among human rights groups.

It is understood that talks are taking place to strike a deal with several countries, however they have not been named by officials.

The PM attended migration talks in the Balkan nation today, and met his Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama.

Starmer said: “What now we want to do and are having discussions of, talks of, is return hubs which is where someone has been through the system in the UK, they need to be returned and we have to make sure they’re returned effectively and we’ll do that, if we can, through return hubs.

“So that’s what the talks are about. I would say in this area no single measure is going to be the measure that is, if you like, a silver bullet."

He continued: "By putting it all together - arrests, seizures, agreements with other countries, returning people who shouldn’t be here, and return hubs, if we can through these talks to add to our armoury, will allow us to bear down on this vile trade and to make sure that we stop those people crossing the Channel."