UK taxpayers to bear extra cost over Rwanda treaty
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6GXCT)
Ministers have given more than 140m to Rwandan government in hope of sending asylum seekers to east Africa
British taxpayers will bear extra costs after the signing of a treaty on the deportation scheme for asylum seekers with the Rwandan government, the home secretary has said, as he asserted that the government was not pursuing cheap and quick popularity".
The new agreement will mean that the UK will pay for British and Commonwealth judges to preside over a newly established appeals process as well as the costs of all legal fees from anyone sent to the central African country.
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