Home Office expanding work to stop migrants who throw away passport being able to avoid deportation [Video]

She stressed that the Home Office is looking to build up a “fast track” system to dealing with asylum claims.

Under the agreement, some 36,000 people a year, who are deemed to be trying to reach Italy from “safe” countries, are expected to be taken to the Albanian port of Shengjin, 45 miles south of the country’s capital, Tirana.

They will have their asylum cases swiftly processed there and if successful will be able to go to Italy.

But the vast majority are expected to have their applications rejected as they come from countries regarded as safe including Egypt, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast and Tunisia.

“There is the Italy-Albania arrangement that is a new arrangement that is being put in place,” Ms Cooper told BBC radio.

“We obviously watch that closely.”

She added: “We are looking to develop a fast-track system within the UK.

“If you have got people arriving from safer countries, we should be able to speed up …