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Cost of stalled Rwanda asylum scheme 'could soar to £500m'

Sky News Friday, 1 March 2024
The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could balloon to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found.
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News video: Labour condemns Rwanda scheme costs

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 The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could rise to half a billion pounds, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP condemned the latest findings, saying: "It's just gimmick rather than grip, that money should be used to secure our borders...

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