Just out of interest, the £3000 from HMG to make a voluntary departure has existed (though the amount has changed over time) for as long as I can remember.
https://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily
STOP PRESS!
Extraordinary! Fresh off the press.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/home-office-sending-asylum-claim-rejection-letters-to-wrong-addresses-srwgsz359
The Times reports that Labour is to offer an amnesty to all Channel boat migrants who arrived from March last year until the year end ( between 90,000-115,000) by allowing them to apply for asylum for the first time.
This would mean tens of thousands more migrants could settle here, but more importantly will encourage many more to try their luck from around the world.
Starmer has clearly gone quite mad and for the first time given the Tories an open goal.