Get turned down for asylum in UK and they buy you a house

Telegraph:

Afghans and Iraqis whose asylum claims have been rejected, and who have no right to remain in the UK, can each claim £6,000 of taxpayers' money if they agree to leave.

Ministers have authorised an extra £2,000 housing grant for each person - enough to build a house in Afghanistan - on top of an existing £4,000 package. A Home Office spokesman said 600 foreigners are expected to take up the additional cash, which is meant to be spent on building a home or repairing an existing family property.

Refugees who have been granted leave to remain in the UK, and those whose asylum claims are yet to be decided, are also eligible for the money. Many will have entered the UK illegally.

An Afghan earning the country's £250 annual average wage would have to work for 24 years to earn the same amount as the total Home Office handout, while an Iraqi on the country's £1,200 annual average wage would have to work for five years.

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I don't think I want a house in Afghanistan, but could make a few improvements to my home on the prairie with that kind of money. It would more than pay for the trip over there.