SENDING migrants to Rwanda would be money well spent, a minister insisted yesterday.
Hopes that the first flights will set off within weeks are rising in government, with a crunch court ruling on whether the policy is legal due tomorrow.
Sending migrants to Rwanda is ‘money well spent’, says minister Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride said a clampdown had reduced the number of Albanians arriving here illegally by 90 percent.
And he believes the Rwanda deportation threat could have a similar effect on other migrants.
He told LBC: “If we can replicate what we have seen in Albania for Rwanda, I would say that is money well spent.”
Earlier this week, the Home Office admitted it could cost up to £169,000 per illegal migrant to send them to a third country.
But Mr Stride said: “It costs money but it’s the right thing.”
His remarks came as the Government faced a first defeat in the Lords over its controversial Illegal Migration Bill.
Peers supported Labour-led changes to the law so it will uphold a string of European and UN refugee rules.
Today, ministers will be braced for Court of Appeal judges to return their long-awaited verdict which could sweep aside legal objections to Rwanda flights.
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