A international court has ruled that Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions of dollars over a collapsed asylum deal.
The controversial plan, set up by the prior British Conservative government, to deport illegal migrants arriving in the UK to the east African country, hit legal and political obstacles from the start.
It was eventually ruled illegal by the British Supreme Court and was cancelled by Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer shortly after he took office in 2024.
At the time, Starmer’s home secretary Yvette Cooper called it the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.
Rwanda then sued the Britain for over $130 million, claiming it was still owed the money despite the breach of the agreement.
