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Rwanda plan will be value for money if it stops just a THIRD of small boats, Home Office claims
The bill could be law by the end of the week
RWANDA will be value for money if it deters just a third of small boats, the Home Office claims.
The assessment would need the number making the Channel crossing to be cut by 10,000 a year.
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It came as 534 migrants crossed on Sunday — the highest in a day for 2024.
The PM last night renewed his pledge for Rwanda flights by the end of spring as MPs punted his flagship bill back to the Lords.
If approved, it could be law by the end of the week.
The Home Office’s top civil servant Sir Matthew Rycroft said £50million more would be sent to Rwanda once it was law.
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Sir Matthew also admitted to looking at other countries besides Rwanda to broaden the scheme but that only a “tiny number” were suitable.
He came under fire as it emerged the Home Office grossly underestimated the costs of turning old RAF bases into migrant bases.
The Wethersfield and Scampton airfields were due to cost £5million each, but the latest figures had surged to £49million and £27million respectively.
And the Bibby Stockholm barge has still not reached its 400-person capacity, with the ambition to hit that figure in June.
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