The controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will not save taxpayers money and will cost about £12,000 for each person who is put on a one-way flight there, a Home Office minister has admitted.
Tom Pursglove, the minister for tackling illegal immigration, told the home affairs select committee that the cost would be “akin” to the amount of public money it costs the Home Office to process and accommodate each asylum seeker in the UK.
The Home Office says the policy will save money in the long term because it will reduce the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats. However, Pursglove admitted that the deterrent effect was “difficult to quantify at this stage” despite it being the core aim.
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