The widow of a man who was killed in a car crash caused by an illegal immigrant has condemned plans to offer prisoners from outside Europe packages worth up to £2,500 to leave Britain as "a joke".
Alison Fritchley said she believed all foreigners convicted of crimes in Britain should serve their sentences in their home countries.
Mrs Fritchley, whose husband Paul died after his car was hit by a failed asylum seeker, said she was "absolutely gobsmacked" that the Home Office was planning to offer prisoners grants of up to £2,500 to leave.
She said: "I am lost for words really. The whole thing is a complete and utter farce. Why should they be given money when they shouldn't be here in the first place?
"I don't think we should keep them in prison in this country - they should serve their time where they come from. I would be absolutely mortified if I thought the man who killed my husband was being paid to leave," she said.
Nana Kemajou (30),
from Cameroon, was convicted of causing the death of Mr Fritchley (46) by driving dangerously near Gloucester. He was subsequently jailed for two-and-a-half years.
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