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flag UK's Rwanda deportation scheme costs £700m, but only 4 voluntary removals; programme halted by legal challenges.

flag Home Secretary Yvette Cooper reveals that the UK's Rwanda deportation scheme has cost taxpayers £700 million, with only four people being removed voluntarily. flag The Conservative government had planned to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats, but the scheme was stalled by legal challenges. flag Labour has since scrapped the plan, describing it as an "expensive gimmick."

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