The Rwanda asylum deal is about to price the taxpayer £500million by 2026, the primary detailed spending breakdown revealed yesterday.
Home Secretary James Cleverly will hand over an additional £120million to the east African nation as soon as the primary 300 migrants are relocated underneath the scheme, it emerged.
And eradicating migrants to Rwanda aboard chartered jets will price £11,000 a head, a report by spending watchdog the National Audit Office confirmed.
The Home Office has already paid Rwanda £220million – and is about to cough up one other £50million each April between this yr and 2026.
It will deliver the agreed funds to £370million, with the additional £120million on high. In addition, the Home Office is about to shell out greater than £51million over 5 years if 300 migrants are eliminated.
British Home Secretary James Cleverly (proper) at a assembly with the Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta (left) in December final yr. The Home Secretary will hand over an additional £120million to the east African nation as soon as the primary 300 migrants are relocated underneath the scheme
Migrants picked up from the Channel by the RNLI. Under the brand new association, if an asylum seeker decides to depart Rwanda after being despatched there, Britain can pay the Rwandan authorities £10,000 a head to ‘facilitate their voluntary departure’ (inventory picture)
Labour’s shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured). Ms Cooper stated every migrant despatched to Rwanda would price the taxpayer £2million
Under the brand new association, if an asylum seeker decides to depart Rwanda after being despatched there, Britain can pay the Rwandan authorities £10,000 a head to ‘facilitate their voluntary departure’.
Yesterday the Mail reported how the taxpayer will shell out £5.4billion on migrant lodges and different asylum help this yr – a staggering whole of £15million a day.
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated every migrant despatched to Rwanda would price the taxpayer £2million.
‘This surprising evaluation exhibits the prices of the failed Rwanda farce are even increased than beforehand thought,’ she added.