Scrapped Rwanda Scheme Costs UK Taxpayers £700 Million

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper calls the policy an extraordinary waste and details plans to redirect funds to border security.

The scheme aimed to deter Channel crossings but only sent four volunteers to Rwanda.
The previous government planned to spend over £10 billion on the scheme over six years.
Labour's new administration has cancelled the project, reallocating funds to a new Border Security Command.
Home Office staff are being reassigned to immigration enforcement and returns.
Critics argue the cancellation removes a key deterrent against illegal crossings.