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A report into the scheme by the National Audit Office has revealed that the Home Office has already paid the Rwandan government £220m, despite the fact that no one has yet been deported to the east African country.In addition, the government spending watchdog said the UK is set to pay another £50m a year between 2024 and 2027.
On top of this, Britain will also give Rwanda £20,000 for every asylum seeker who is deported to the country. And if 300 people end up being deported, the east African country will get an extra one-off payment of £120m - bringing the overall total to a staggering £500m.Sunak has made getting the policy up and running a key part of his pledge to “stop the boats” carrying asylum seekers across the English Channel.in April, 2022, people who enter the UK illegally will have their claims for asylum processed in Rwanda, before settling permanently in the country.
“For all its rhetoric about ensuring value for money in the asylum and immigration system it is unclear how schemes such as Rwanda or Bibby Stockholm achieve that,” she said.The government hopes once its latest Rwanda legislation passes flights will be able to take off by the spring.
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