Global Migration Challenge Debate

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Department: Home Office

Global Migration Challenge

Clive Efford Excerpts
Tuesday 19th April 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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My right hon. Friend knows Rwanda incredibly well. We have had many discussions about it and I am very happy to meet him to have further discussions. We will not be using military planes for any removals. He will, like many Members of this House, be pretty familiar with the approach we take to removing failed asylum seekers and foreign national offenders to return them to their country of origin or to third countries. There is a whole process around this, which involves a lot of operational work and detail. I am happy to talk to him privately about that because the ways in which we can do this are complicated. He makes further points that I am happy to discuss with him as well.

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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Can the Home Secretary say whether she has negotiated a cap on the cost of this arrangement with Rwanda? What will be the cost per person sent? Is there a limit on that cost? If so, what is it?

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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On cost, as I have already published and said, there is an upfront £120 million development cost and, with that, of course, when we remove people, payments will be made accordingly—only once we have removed people to Rwanda.