The government said up to £165,000 could be recouped due to saved costs from reduced asylum support.
The government has highlighted the cost of housing asylum seekers while their claims are being processed, as it attempts to win support for the bill in Parliament.
The interior ministry assessment shows that the initial cost of sending an individual to a third country will be around £169,000 — including a £105,000 payment to the third country, along with flight tickets and administration costs. But it also predicted an estimated saving in costs over four years of £106,000 for each asylum seeker removed to Rwanda or another third country.
This could rise to £165,000 if accommodation costs grow at the trend rate that has been observed since 2019, it added. The assessment warned that the figures were “highly uncertain”, and said the plan would need to deter around 37 per cent of small boat crossings for the costs to be recouped.
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