Karren Brady says Priti Patel deserves praise for her Rwanda asylum deal
It comes as new figures reveal just 172 of the 8,953 migrants who have made the crossing will be deported to Rwanda at a cost of £1 million per person.
It comes as new figures reveal just 172 of the 8,953 migrants who have made the crossing will be deported to Rwanda at a cost of £1 million per person.
It comes as the Nationality and Borders Bill comes under renewed scrutiny from MPs.
Just three Conservative MPs voted against the offshoring plan, while Edward Leigh urged the government to "hold the line".
The case is putting pressure on the Home Office to provide answers after labelling those convicted of the offence as “people smugglers” and claiming small boat crossings were illegal.
Officials have also criticised UK plans to push back boats and allow British patrols on their beaches.
“Same old fake news, this time in the front page of a respected paper, The Times," Albania's foreign minister said.
"Whenever I think that I’ve now seen it all when it comes to the Home Office, there is a new low. This one is particularly low though," Tweeted Prof Tanja Bueltmann.
The Home Office refused to say how much it had spent operating the controversial asylum centre.
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