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The new Home Secretary of the British Labour Party government, Yvette Cooper, recently publicly criticized thatThe previous Conservative government spent £700 million (US$900 million) on the Rwanda Plan, which was designed to deport illegal immigrants, but only four illegal immigrants were actually deported to Rwanda.。

On the 22nd local time, Cooper said in a speech in the British Parliament:This is the most egregious waste of taxpayers' money I have ever seen.。”

Cooper revealed that the previous government spent £700 million onA charter flight that never took off, payments to the Rwandan government and salaries for more than 1,000 civil servantsetc., butAfter investing huge sums of money, only four illegal immigrants were finally deported to Rwanda。

Cooper also said that her review of the policies, programs and regulations of the previous administration found thatThe budget for the Rwanda plan is more than £10 billion ($12.9 billion), but the Conservative government has not told Parliament that amount.。

In recent years,The phenomenon of illegal immigrants sneaking into the UK via France is becoming increasingly serious. How to prevent illegal immigration has become a major political issue in the UK.In April 2022, then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached an agreement with Rwanda that all illegal immigrants arriving in the UK after January 1, 2022 may be deported to Rwanda, and the UK will provide corresponding funds to Rwanda. This is the so-called "Rwanda Plan".

The plan has faced widespread opposition both in the UK and abroadThe first charter flight to deport immigrants was originally scheduled to depart in June 2022, but was canceled at the last minute after the European Court of Human Rights intervened. Last November, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the "Rwanda Plan" was illegal on the grounds that Rwanda was not a "safe third country" for illegal immigrants deported by the UK.

The UK parliamentary spending watchdog estimated in March this year thatDeporting just 300 illegal immigrants to Rwanda would cost at least £600 million ($770 million)。

butFormer British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak still pushed for the "Rwanda Plan" during his tenureThe plan was passed by both houses of the British Parliament on April 22 this year. Sunak said at the time that the deportation of illegal immigrants would begin within 10 to 12 weeks. He announced an early parliamentary election in May, but his Conservative Party was defeated by the Labour Party in the election held in July.

British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer immediately announced the abolition of the "Rwanda Plan" after becoming prime minister.

Despite opposition from many parties, the House of Lords of the British Parliament passed the "Rwanda Plan">>