Forcible Deportation to Rwanda Will Cost Almost £170,000 per Illegal Immigrant

The figure was revealed in the long awaited publication of the Home Office’s economic impact assessment on the Illegal Migration Bill

A Boeing 767 sits on the runway at the military base in Amesbury, Salisbury, on June 14, 2022. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

A Home Office impact assessment estimates it will cost almost £170,000 to forcibly relocate migrants from the UK to Rwanda.

The long-awaited economic report (pdf), released on Monday, says the figure includes detention, legal, flights and escorting costs—with a £105,000 per person “third country” payment.