UK Rwanda migrants plan to cost more than $760m

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People believed to be migrants walk in Dungeness, Britain on August 16, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS

 The British government's controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda might end up costing more than £600 million ($760 million) to deport 300 refugees, parliament's spending watchdog said on Friday.

Under the policy first announced in 2022, asylum seekers who arrive on England's southern coast in small, inflatable boats would be sent to Rwanda, but so far no one has been deported because of ongoing legal challenges.