Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169k a person, says Home Office
by Rajeev Syal and Ben Quinn from on (#6CG5S)
Impact assessment' of the illegal migration bill reignites bitter rows over controversial scheme
The cost of sending a single person seeking asylum to Rwanda could be nearly 170,000, according to government analysis, which has immediately reignited bitter rows over the controversial scheme.
A long-awaited impact assessment" of the illegal migration bill has conceded that ministers do not know the overall costs of implementing plans to detain and deport anyone who arrives in the UK by irregular means.
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