Kosovo to be asked to take UK's failed asylum seekers

The UK is reportedly set to ask Kosovo to take failed asylum seekers as part of plans to open overseas “return hubs” for migrants.

- HOLLY BANCROFT

Kosovo has been put on a list of nine countries that are seen as potential locations for the hubs, The Times has reported.

The return hubs would house asylum seekers after they have exhausted all their rights to appeal for sanctuary in the UK. They would then be deported back to their home country from these hubs.

Kosovo’s president, Vjosa Osmani, has already indicated that the eastern European country would be open to discussing housing the UK’s failed asylum seekers.