The cash was paid out by James Cleverly's department so he could sign a new treaty with the African nation around the government's asylum seeker deportation plan.
Home Secretary James Cleverly used a private chartered flight to visit Rwanda at a cost of £165,561.53 to the taxpayer, government documents have revealed. The latest transparency data from the Home Office showed Mr Cleverly took the flight in December last year as he headed to Kigali to sign a new treaty with the African nation around the government's asylum seeker deportation plan.
Last year, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the policy - which would see people arriving in the UK illegally deported to the country - was 'unlawful' as asylum seekers would be at 'real risk' of being sent home to their countries of origin. But Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came up with a plan to revive the scheme, including the signing of a new treaty to put into writing commitments from Rwanda over the safety of those deported there.
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