Services company Capita has won a government contract to find and remove more than 150,000 migrants who have overstayed their visas, it has been revealed.
The payment-by-results deal is worth up to £40m, chief executive of the UK border agency Rob Whiteman told MPs.
He was unable to tell MPs what target the company had been set for removals.
The 150,000 have been denied permission to stay in the UK but have gone missing.
Immigration inspectors revealed the existence of the "migration refusal pool" - a backlog of more than 150,000 cases involving people who have been refused permission to stay in Britain but whose whereabouts are unknown - in July.
It was discovered by the new chief inspector of immigration, John Vine, during his first inspection of a local immigration team.
Mr Whiteman told MPs four companies had shortlisted for the contract to deal with the backlog, including Serco, which had been carrying out the work on an ad hoc basis.
He said Capita would be paid by results - but could not say what their target was, as the pool was growing all the time as more migrants were denied the right to stay in the UK.
"It could not be zero, otherwise it would mean we are not doing any work," Mr Whiteman told the home affairs committee.
He also revealed that 26 charter flights carrying asylum seekers last year had more immigration staff on board than deportees.
He said this figure was down from 40 four years ago but accepted further savings could be made.
18 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19637409#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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