The former British Prime Minister's scrapped plan to send migrants to Rwanda at a cost of 700 million pounds ($904 million) has been labeled as a shocking waste of taxpayer money by the U.K.'s new home secretary. The plan, aimed at curbing the flow of asylum-seekers across the English Channel, was halted by legal challenges and faced criticism from human rights groups.
The failed scheme included payments of 290 million pounds to Rwanda, expenses for chartering flights that never took off, detaining and releasing hundreds of individuals, and employing over a thousand civil servants to work on the project. The Rwandan government has stated that it is not obligated to refund the funds.
