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The number of migrants arriving illegally in Britain must fall by about 10,000 for the Rwanda policy to prove value for money, the head of the Home Office has admitted.
Sir Matthew Rycroft told MPs yesterday that a one-third reduction in small boat crossings from last year's figure of 29,437 would be needed given the cost of the deportation scheme, which will reach £290million by next year.
He revealed that the government in Kigali will be handed another £50m of the total almost as soon as the new law aimed at getting flights off the ground is passed by Parliament this week.
Sir Matthew was asked by members of the Public Accounts Committee what would happen to the 40,000 people already in Britain left 'in limbo' when the latest legislation aimed at stopping the boats takes effect as they will not be eligible to claim asylum and
