The first flight for this plan received legal clearance from the High Court of Justice and was scheduled for 14 June 2022. A last-minute interim measure by the European Court of Human Rights led to the plan being halted until the conclusion of the legal action in the UK. At the end of 2022, the High Court further ruled that though the plan was lawful, the individual cases of eight asylum seekers due to be deported that year had to be reconsidered.[1] The Court of Appeal ruled on 29 June 2023 that the plan was unlawful; with an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom leading to a concurrence with the lower court on 15 November 2023.[2] The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 overruled the courts’ judgments and declared Rwanda a safe country.
After Keir Starmer and the Labour Party won the 2024 general election, Starmer announced that the Rwanda plan would be cancelled and replaced by the Border Security Command. The total cost of the scheme is estimated to be £700 million; four migrants were voluntarily relocated while it was in place.
No. I think that only one or two ever went and they agreed to go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
£700 million to deport 4 people…
And at least one of the 4 absconded in Rwanda and is thought to have returned to Britain, having pocketed the £3k he was paid.
Good on him!
That could have funded the NHS for two whole weeks!