The Home Office has quietly published a top official’s warning that Priti Patel ’s plan to force refugees to Rwanda could end up wasting taxpayer cash.
The Home Secretary issued a rare last-minute ‘ministerial direction’ to force the scheme to go ahead - after her Permanent Secretary warned he could not allow it without her written order.
Matthew Rycroft said while he was satisfied “it is regular, proper and feasible for this policy to proceed”, he could not guarantee it would sufficiently deter people from making dangerous Channel crossings to provide value for money.
