UK taxpayers have already shelled out £120 million to Rwanda over the controversial deportation project - and won't get it back if judges torpedo the scheme.
Today officials from the central African nation said that the cash was already committed and much of it had already been spent when grilled over whether it might be returned.
The High Court is currently weighing up whether the UK government's plan to remove refugees to Rwanda is legal, with deportations understood to be on hold until at least September.