International arbiters have rejected a Rwanda appeal for damages over the contentious refugee resettlement deal it had signed with the previous British government, which was scrapped by incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately after taking office in 2024.
The contentious plan, which seemed at risk of being annulled by British courts anyway, foresaw sending migrants who arrive in the UK illegally seeking asylum to Rwanda, where they would be permitted apply for asylum and residency.
The incoming government called it a "gimmick" and a "shocking waste of taxpayer money," saying Britain had already spent the better part of a billion pounds on a scheme that was unlikely ever to take effect as envisaged.
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