it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed to the
to the bbc news at one. ministers have been defending the cost of the government plan to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda, after it emerged that the scheme has already cost £240 million, with more money due to be paid next year. the prime minister rishi sunak is under pressure after vowing to finish the job of reviving the plan which is aimed at discouraging people from crossing the channel in small boats in the wake of the resignation of his immigration minister. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. this bustling central african country is getting plenty of cash from the uk. in exchange for taking on migrants who cross the english channel, rwanda is receiving millions to boost its economy. but while the bill goes up and up, for flights carrying asylum seekers, the opposite is true. priti patel was the home secretary who first announced the arrangement with rwanda. the initial outlay, £140 million. then earlier this year, under her successor suella
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