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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Rwanda trips by UK ministers and officials have already cost over £400,000

James Cleverly steps out of the doorway of a BA plane to walk down aircraft steps
James Cleverly arriving at Kigali international airport in December last year. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Sending ministers and officials to Rwanda has cost the government more than £400,000 before a single deportation flight has taken off, figures show.

Ministers have spent a total of £413,541 on travel in the two years since the policy to send asylum seekers to Kigali started to be developed.

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