Failed asylum seekers are to be deported back to Bangladesh under a fast-track returns deal after they became one of the biggest nationalities abusing the visa system.
Nearly 11,000 Bangladeshis entered Britain on visas last year only to lodge asylum claims within 12 months in an attempt to stay permanently.
The migrants came on international student, worker or visitor visas in the year to March last year in an attempt to exploit a “back door” to Britain by claiming asylum.
The Illegal Migration Minister has signed a fast-track returns deal with Bangladesh to streamline the deportation of not only failed asylum seekers but also foreign national offenders and individuals who have overstayed their visas.
The returns deal was agreed at the first joint UK-Bangladesh working group on home affairs in London this week.
Both countries committed to strengthening their partnership and intensifying cooperation on economic, cultural and social issues.