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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Top Tory admits divisive Rwanda deportation plan only has 'marginal' benefits

A top Tory has said his own Government's controversial plans to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda will only have "marginal benefit".

International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell cast doubt on the effectiveness of the scheme and admitted that the "cost is a serious issue".

Ex-PM Boris Johnson unveiled the scheme last year but the first flight to Kigali was grounded in the summer after an eleventh hour legal challenge.

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