Downing Street is refusing to reveal which countries it is talking to about taking Britain's unwanted asylum seekers.

No10 refused to 'get ahead' of discussions with countries it hopes will host its migrant return hubs scheme, after Albania became the first country to rule itself out.

In a surprise move, the Prime Minister used a visit to Tirana yesterday to unveil plans to create Rwanda-style centres abroad to house failed asylum seekers from the UK.

But the initiative imploded on live TV just an hour later when his host, Albanian PM Edi Rama, ruled out ever taking part in the scheme.

At the same time, Labour's hardline new approach to legal migration, designed to tackle the surge in reform votes, has not helped Sir Keir's personal popularity.