Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, says minister

Claim about long-term benefits disputed by MP Andrew Mitchell who describes reported cost of £30,000 a person as ‘eye-watering’

Britain will save money in the “longer term” by sending some asylum seekers to, a minister has said after the reported cost of about £30,000 a person was described as “eye-watering”.

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