Home Office seeks new chief to speed up deportation

To expedite the deportation of those whose asylum claims to the UK are denied, the Home Office is hiring a new boss. As part of the new government's plan to address the "small boats" Channel crisis, the Head of the National Returns Progression Command will receive a salary of between £76,000 and £86,000, plus an annual employer pension contribution of at least £22,000.He or she will also play a key role in increasing the number of people who overstay their visa time limit who are returned to their home country.Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ditched the Tories failed Rwanda deportation scheme and is instead banking on a new Border Security Command, using anti-terrorism style powers, to smash people trafficking gangs, and clearing the asylum case backlog to get control over Britain’s borders.The job advert for the new deportation chief states: “The National Returns Progression Command (NRPC) is the pivotal Home Office capability whose mission is to maximise the return of all immigration offenders (illegal entrants, overstayers, failed asylum seekers) through both enforced and voluntary returns whilst ensuring individuals are dealt with in a dignified manner, utilising a strong set of safeguards to identify and manage vulnerabilities.