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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Home Office admits spending £1.3m fighting Rwanda legal battles – and costs still rising

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The government has spent at least £1.3m fighting legal battles over the Rwanda migration deal and admits the figure will rise further.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the figure was the cost of “defending the partnership in the High Court as of March”, and was separate from the £140m so far paid to Paul Kagame’s government to process UK asylum cases.

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