Labour victory signals demise of Rwanda plan but at what cost?
The Labour election victory signals the demise of the Conservatives’ stalled multi-million pound plan to send migrants to Rwanda, without a single asylum seeker being deported from the UK.
Described by critics as an “Alice in Wonderland adventure that was both absurd and inhumane”, Sir Keir Starmer’s party vowed to scrap the policy plagued by problems “on day one” if elected.
But the financial implications of walking away from the deal, the total bill to the taxpayer so far, as well as the view of the Rwandan government to the change in leadership are as yet unknown. Not to mention what the alternative plan to curb migrant Channel crossings will be.
