UK projects asylum seekers to cost $215,000 each in Rwanda deal
Rwandan President Paul Kagame during a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) at 10 Downing Street, London, Britain, on May 4, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS
Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169,000 ($215,035) per person, according to the first detailed government assessment of a high stakes promise to tackle record numbers of people arriving in small boats.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government wants to send thousands of migrants more than 6,400 kilometres away to Rwanda as part of a deal with the country agreed last year.
