India, March 5 -- The UK is working on new ways to battle its immigration crisis, the latest being paying failed asylum workers a lumpsum fee to leave the country voluntarily. As per a report by the London Broadcasting Company, the UK Home Office is expected to announce this pilot programme on Thursday.

Citing Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the LBC reported that the Home Office will open the pilot with 150 families and is looking to pay around 10,000 pounds per person.

Speaking to the radio station, families of failed asylum seekers will be paid up to 40,000 pounds if they volunteer to leave the UK within a seven-day deadline.

As per Mahmood, who took inspiration from a programme in Denmark, if the plan is rolled out nationwide, it co...