Support cut-off for refused asylum seekers may affect 2,900 families in UK

Home Office ministers calculate savings of £49m a year in move to withdraw state pay-outs of £36.95 a week to rejected applicantsAt least 2,900 asylum seeker families who have exhausted all their appeal rights to stay in Britain will each year have to leave the country within 28 days , or face destitution, under hardline plans on asylum support published by Home Office ministers on Tuesday.An official consultation paper and impact assessment estimates that as much as £49m a year could be