The UK has granted asylum to 15 Rwandans despite claiming Rwanda is a 'safe country' for refugees. The cost of the asylum deal with Rwanda is estimated to be over £370 million, with taxpayers possibly paying up to £600 million. The scheme has faced criticism, with reports revealing high costs per person sent to Rwanda.
⚠️ UK PLAN TO DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS TO RWANDA SUFFERS FIRST PARLIAMENTARY DEFEATS Full Story → https://t.co/SQM9nnnl5C British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered his first defeats over his legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the upper house of parliament… https://t.co/CC5yKkHAiE
‘It doesn’t look good and it is very bad for timing.’ GB News Political Correspondent @OliviaUtley reports on Rishi Sunak's defeat in the House of Lords on his Rwanda bill. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/gpGjQMtn2N
'The more amendments there are, the less likely it is that this Rwanda plan will actually be implemented before an election.' GB News Political Correspondent @OliviaUtley reports on Rishi Sunak's defeat in the House of Lords on his Rwanda bill. https://t.co/UvQzw5nN1A
🔴 The Government has been defeated twice in the House of Lords over the Rwanda Bill as peers voted to accept two amendments aimed at adding further safeguards Find out more👇 https://t.co/6KAssEYMUK https://t.co/3DeKoV9T8i
The British House of Lords insists that Rishi Sunak's bill to send asylum seekers to highly repressive Rwanda must comply with international law, which it clearly does not. Let's hope that is the end of Sunak's cruel pandering to xenophobes. https://t.co/wXQ7EIajED
BREAKING: Government suffers second defeat over Rwanda bill in the House of Lords https://t.co/vBFigTPpsP 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/295qmvOcpq
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum bill handed big defeat in House of Lords https://t.co/IFidsc7kWY
Sunak suffers defeat on Rwanda bill as peers vote by thumping 102 majority to insist it must be compliant with international law That this is even necessary is a graphic illustration of just how out of control his government is https://t.co/DAv6UyIxw6
The House of Lords has voted by 274 votes to 172 to amend the Rwanda Bill, by adding that it should “maintain full compliance with domestic and international law” Read @sundersays' piece from January on “the topsy-turvy world of the Rwanda Bill” ⤵️ https://t.co/2xZG5wJ08Q
🚨 NEW: Peers have inflicted their first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill as they demand it be fully compliant with domestic and international law [@PA]
BREAKING: The government has suffered its first defeat in the House of Lords on its bill to rescue it’s Rwanda scheme👏
🚨 BREAKING: Peers in the House of Lords defeat Government's Rwanda Bill 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🖥️ GB News on YouTube: https://t.co/KHMl3BS8eC https://t.co/9P54sEVTgS
Sunak's Rwanda Bill suffers first defeat in House of Lords as Peers vote for amendment https://t.co/xOIYbFqTtN
The House of Lords has voted by 274 votes to 172, a majority of 102, to amend the Rwanda Safety Bill, by adding that it should “maintain full compliance with domestic and international law.” (The government opposed this amendment). https://t.co/UuQkC5zC3c
BREAKING The government's Rwanda Bill has been DEFEATED in the Lords, by 274 votes to 172, a majority of 102 The Lords are revolting - and it's another nightmare for Rishi Sunak! Full details & reaction on @GBNEWS now
Sunak suffers defeat on Rwanda bill as peers vote by 102 majority to insist it must be compliant with international law - https://t.co/7XKL3xljFF
Peers have inflicted their first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda Bill, in backing by 274 votes to 172, majority 102, a move to ensure the legislation is fully compliant with domestic and international law. https://t.co/ngPiZakKvX
#Breaking Peers have inflicted their first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, in backing by 274 votes to 172, majority 102, a move to ensure the legislation is fully compliant with domestic and international law https://t.co/xSwebodMLL
“Take Rwanda, which Rishi Sunak has made an article of faith. Not even the National Front advocated sending people back where they didn’t come from.” Me for @CityAM on the headlong rush rightwards of the Tories https://t.co/bvHcMclI1v
⚖️ We tell @theipaper (£) that the Safety of Rwanda Bill “sets a dangerous legal and constitutional precedent by legislating to overturn an evidence-based finding of fact by UK courts.” The Bill is before the House of Lords today. https://t.co/6MBECwJ6q3 https://t.co/rFRtYpPYqc
The National Audit Office has revealed the unlawful Rwanda scheme is set to cost the UK a ‘Staggering' £500 Million @RishiSunak tells @SkyNews his plan “is a worthwhile investment” I think he’s talking absolute boll****. RT this if you do too https://t.co/aVD8SJcoAQ
As the National Audit Office reveals the unlawful Rwanda scheme is set to cost the UK a ‘Staggering' £500 Million @RishiSunak tells @SkyNews his plan “is a worthwhile investment” If you think he’s talking absolute boll**** RT this to let him know https://t.co/aVD8SJcoAQ
The government has gone from having a functional asylum system which cost £7,062 per case, to a non-functional Rwandan asylum system which will cost £181,874 per case https://t.co/xuCOLMYxXV https://t.co/NRM9sTxEii
NEW this week... Tory £4bn asylum overspend! 💰 Rwanda cost = £576,000,000 for 300 asylum seekers (£2m per head!!) 🚶Asylum backlog still 130,000! 🏢 46,000 still in 300+ hotels, with 147 children missing! Labour has a plan to restore order to the border & fix broken system. https://t.co/Y689rd3Ftx
UK granting asylum to Rwandans shows country is not safe, says ex-Tory attorney general i revealed on Thursday that a further 15 Rwandans were granted asylum in the UK in the final three months of 2023 https://t.co/0Ni0H1Dv7K
Rishi Sunak tells @SkyNews his #Rwanda plan “is a worthwhile investment” A report has uncovered a string of agreed add-on fees that could see Taxpayers shelling out nearly £2 million for every person the Tories send to Rwanda If like me you think he’s talking boll**** RT https://t.co/WaSLJC8fXj
'The current situation is unsustainable and unfair' @RishiSunak insists his Rwanda plan 'is working', despite revelations in a shock report that the Rwanda plan will cost taxpayers more than £500m https://t.co/ZPTx8OMW1o
If we relocated half the people who claimed asylum in the UK last year to Rwanda, we would basically double Rwanda's GDP overnight. The UK govt would become by far the biggest contributor to Rwanda's economy. More⬇️on the costs involved: https://t.co/b9Pk0Npllp
‘It’s not just about the accommodation for the asylum seekers. It’s also about investing in Rwanda, in its economy.’ GB News’ Mark White discusses a shocking report which reveals Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum scheme could cost the UK over £500m. https://t.co/Q5tjO4LHvj
The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could balloon to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found https://t.co/HZc0a2RpuM
'The Rwanda scheme has sent more home secretaries to Rwanda than asylum seekers' Labour's @YvetteCooperMP responds to revelations in a shock report that the Rwanda plan will cost taxpayers more than £500m https://t.co/meFpiORfKB https://t.co/T4WJtaCX9w
When the Rwanda scheme started UK gov said costs would be “similar” to processing in UK - about £12,000 a head. But per @NAOorguk report, if UK sends 300 Rwanda, it’ll be a cool £1.8m each, when aid payments are included. 🤯 It’s all here, via @ft https://t.co/K25PGtgvxC
UK to pay Rwanda £2m per person to relocate 300 people British taxpayers will give Rwanda up to £600m, National Audit Office finds https://t.co/flA67ryG41
Rwanda asylum scheme cost could soar to an £500m, watchdog says https://t.co/qOFzbiAA8c
UK's Rwanda asylum plan may incur over £600 million, parliamentary watchdog warns https://t.co/UKr47Om4BD https://t.co/4tjus4MVEv
Yvette Cooper: "The Rwanda scheme will cost the taxpayer over £500m just to send 300 people to Rwanda... it's a cost of about £2m per person... this is a shocking revelation... that the government tried to hide... " #KayBurley https://t.co/92nHZ7WekO
Rishi Sunak’s "plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda" is not only cruel and illegal but also expensive. It "will cost taxpayers £1.8m for each of the first 300 people the government deports to Kigali." https://t.co/ctk3fhnM8M
The cost of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda could soar to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deported. Read more: https://t.co/KxX0LO3oP5 https://t.co/OjOoMmt9Iz
The cost of Rishi Sunak’s troubled Rwanda asylum scheme could soar to half a billion pounds, n investigation by the public spending watchdog finds https://t.co/mRM9Ic9XRl
Cost of Rwanda plan could soar to a staggering £1/2 billion PLUS hundreds of thousands more for each migrant deported
🚨🚨 In today's "value-for-money", @NAOorguk reveals that Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum scheme could cost....only..... UK £580mn. But sure ...there are obviously no other more pressing issues in UK society than Rwanda. via @pmdfoster and @AnnaSophieGross https://t.co/7o7XVlM8aB https://t.co/hSsNlQAGQ2
UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal - more on fhis from me @bbcbreakfast around 610 @BBCRadio4 just after 7 https://t.co/wBnKsvl1ex
UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal, watchdog says https://t.co/5zL51jKuOg
Cost of stalled Rwanda asylum scheme 'could soar to £500m' https://t.co/GiJ5O9IT3D
UK's Rwanda plan for asylum seekers could cost more than 600 mln pounds https://t.co/gd9ef74hpZ https://t.co/9GfGgDH5xm
The cost of Rishi Sunak’s troubled Rwanda asylum scheme could soar to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog has found. https://t.co/8vPYRjLbmy
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum scheme could cost UK £580mn, watchdog warns https://t.co/PGchFHCSRH
NEW: Govt watchdog uncovers total scandal on failing Rwanda scheme that Tories desperately tried to hide British taxpayers will pay eye-watering £580m to send just 300 people to Rwanda Over half a billion pounds for less than 1% of those arriving in UK https://t.co/wUOtJBwZUG
The UK granted asylum applications to 15 Rwandans last year — despite insisting the African nation is a “safe country” to which it can deport refugees https://t.co/jdHHl4f2gs
‘It just shows that the Rwanda scheme from the get-go is doomed to fail.’ Robert Bates says he is ‘flabbergasted’ at recent figures that show the UK Government granted asylum to a record number of people last year. https://t.co/UNoUeQWmCW
A further 15 people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in the UK, at the same time that the Government has argued it is a “safe” third country to send asylum seekers 🔴 Exclusive from @poppyeh https://t.co/8Hy1f9ZE9R
UK grants asylum to *15 more* Rwandans, new figures show story from @poppyeh https://t.co/rwM4wXYcqO
A further 15 people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in the UK, despite the Government's claims it is a "safe" third country to send asylum seekers It takes the total to 21 since the Rwanda deal was signed https://t.co/H8TO3EOSXE