Summary: Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called the Rwanda Bill aimed at deterring migrants “an extortionately expensive gimmick rather than a serious plan to tackle dangerous boat crossings”.
“The Rwanda scheme will cost more than half a billion pounds for just 300 people, less than 1% of asylum seekers here in the UK - and there is no plan for the 99%,” she said.
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