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Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

Just four migrants sent to Rwanda voluntarily at £700 million cost, reveals Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

A staggering £700 million was spent on the failed Rwanda scheme which saw just four migrants sent voluntarily to the African country, the new Home Secretary revealed on Monday

Yvette Cooper branded the huge cost under the previous Conservative government the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.

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