Rwanda can accommodate just 200 Channel migrants, government officials say
That works out at £600,000 per person - with the money "already committed" and "being used" by the Central African country.
That works out at £600,000 per person - with the money "already committed" and "being used" by the Central African country.
The UK High Commissioner to Rwanda even intervened, warning that security is "heavy-handed" and any deal could "cause problems reputationally".
“(The Government’s) deterrent policy of sending asylum applicants to Rwanda appears to have gone unnoticed by those who attempt to cross the Channel.”
The campaign is backed by 11 trade unions, including the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) – which represents more than 80% of Border Force staff – refugee rights organisations and faith groups.
Sturgeon said that whoever gets the job “the change of Tory leader seems virtually certain to be accompanied by a shift even further to the right”.
Downing Street confirmed the Home Office agreement with the east African nation remained.
The Government in April signed a £120 million economic and migration agreement to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda, though none have yet departed.
The Prime Minister is planning to avoid visiting the accommodation in Kigali where migrants who arrive by unauthorised means would be deported to.
“I haven’t myself seen any evidence of changes of behaviour in that particularity since the Prime Minister’s announcement on April 15.”
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