Cost to send migrant to Rwanda £63,000 more than keeping in UK

It would outgo £63,000 much to nonstop a migrant to Rwanda oregon different "safe country" than to support them successful the UK, the authorities has said.

An economical interaction assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill, which is going done Parliament, recovered a gross outgo of £169,000 to relocate an individual.

But the estimated £106,000 spent connected lodging enactment if they remained successful the UK would beryllium avoided.

The authorities said the argumentation would besides person a deterrent impact.

The Home Office appraisal said nary outgo would beryllium incurred if an idiosyncratic was deterred from entering the UK illegally.

It said the imaginable savings were "highly uncertain" but gave an estimated fig of betwixt £106,000 and £165,000 per individual. The higher fig takes into the relationship the anticipation of lodging costs continuing to increase.

Other further savings beyond accommodation costs see those associated with resettling a migrant successful the UK specified arsenic benefits, societal lodging and healthcare.

The study estimates the argumentation would request to deter 37% of radical from entering the UK illegally for determination to beryllium nary outgo to the taxpayer.

The measure aims to halt radical crossing the Channel successful tiny boats by preventing anyone arriving successful the UK illegally from claiming asylum.

Instead they would beryllium detained and removed, either to Rwanda oregon different "safe country".

The full outgo of relocating an idiosyncratic to Rwanda oregon different 3rd state includes a outgo to that state of astir £105,000 per person, arsenic good arsenic £22,000 for flights and escorting the individual.

The fig assumes a formation tin spot 50 individuals being relocated but flights whitethorn depart with less radical connected board.

Other costs see detaining individuals portion they are processed.

The costs are theoretical estimates alternatively than the existent outgo of the Rwanda agreement, which is commercially sensitive.

Labour said the interaction appraisal was "a implicit joke" and the authorities was "totally clueless" astir however overmuch the measure would cost.

"The fewer figures the Home Office has produced amusement however chaotic and unworkable their plans are," shadiness location caput Yvette Cooper said.

She added that "the existent cost" whitethorn beryllium higher arsenic the authorities had not costed the anticipation of radical being held successful "indefinite detention".

Enver Soloman, main enforcement of the Refugee Council, said the measure "would origin hardship, outgo billions of pounds, and bash thing to alleviate the existent situation and pressures wrong the asylum system".

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said: "Our interaction appraisal shows that doing thing is not an option.

"We cannot let a strategy to proceed which incentivises radical to hazard their lives and wage radical smugglers to travel to this state illegally, portion placing an unacceptable strain connected the UK taxpayer."

The UK is spending £6m a time to location asylum seekers successful hotels.

Last twelvemonth much than 45,700 radical made the unsafe travel crossed the Channel successful tiny boats.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping the crossings 1 of his 5 cardinal priorities, with the measure cardinal to the government's plans to execute this aim.

Rwanda is presently the lone state the UK has a woody with to relocate migrants to but nary flights person acceptable disconnected yet.

The High Court ruled successful December 2022 that the strategy is legal, but that determination is facing further situation successful the courts, with a judgement owed connected Thursday.