The UK's Rwanda asylum scheme has come under severe criticism for its cost and effectiveness. The National Audit Office (NAO) has disclosed that the Tories have spent £500 million without sending a single person to Rwanda, highlighting it as a significant waste of taxpayer money amid the cost-of-living crisis. Critics, including journalists and political figures, have lambasted the scheme for its staggering costs, with estimates suggesting that taxpayers could end up paying nearly £2 million for every one of the 300 individuals deported to Rwanda. The scheme's legality and value for money have been questioned, with comparisons made to other controversial government expenditures.
If like me you think taxpayers shelling out nearly £2 million for every person the Tories send to Rwanda IS NOT “a worthwhile investment” show this to everyone you know https://t.co/aVD8SJcoAQ
Sunak spending two million pounds sterling per immigrant to send 300 of them to Rwanda. He could have just flown them to live in the Raffles Hotel in Singapore for a whole lot less. https://t.co/nZ0BJAZ1vI
So we're now on the hook for £370 million for sending a possible minimum of ZERO asylum seekers to Rwanda?! Makes the Brexit ferryless ferry contract look like the bargain of the millennium. https://t.co/OvALAQJ8oi https://t.co/jZ08AtazS1
Sunaks #RwandaBill says a lie is the truth, will put the UK in breach of it’s international legal obligations, is a power grab that will put Government above the law & taxpayers could end up shelling out nearly £2million for every person sent to Rwanda! https://t.co/7jxbnrBX2b
My latest story for @BylineTimes the staggering £500 million cost of the Rwanda deportation scheme https://t.co/t73Og1gqe1
The NAO has revealed the Tories have squandered £500 million sending no one to Rwanda. An extraordinary waste of funds, hitting taxpayers already whacked by the Tory cost-of-living crisis: https://t.co/OatuWxRZHb
I do believe the Rwanda asylum scheme may be the worst value-for-money policy idea of all time https://t.co/y5RgJuxcWe https://t.co/W9hwHIwCoz