Rwanda trips by UK ministers and officials have already cost over £400,000

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Figures reveal £413,541 spent on travel since the policy to send asylum seekers there was devised in 2022

Sending ministers and officials to Rwanda has cost the government more than £400,000 before a single deportation flight has taken off, figures show.

Ministers have spent a total of £413,541 on travel in the two years since the policy to send asylum seekers to Kigali started to be developed.