The first returns are "expected" this month, the Home Secretary has said, but she was cautious not to promise deportations will go ahead during September when speaking to broadcasters.Ministers are confident they can speed up efforts to empty asylum hotels before their self-imposed deadline of the end of the Parliament, Ms Cooper also signalled.

The first returns are "expected" this month, the Home Secretary has said, but she was cautious not to promise deportations will go ahead during September when speaking to broadcasters.Ministers are confident they can speed up efforts to empty asylum hotels before their self-imposed deadline of the end of the Parliament, Ms Cooper also signalled.