A Home Office minister could not show calculations to prove the Government's controversial Rwanda scheme will make a "significant" impact in curbing Channel crossings - as taxpayers are set to be slapped with eye-watering costs to fund the policy.
Tom Pursglove told the Home Affairs Committee the cost to process an individual asylum case in Rwanda would be "akin" to the case rate of £12,000 per individual in the UK.
He insisted the scheme will not be a "panacea" to Channel crossings, and would only make a difference in the long term.
