Priti Patel spent tens of thousands of pounds trying to sell the public her “cynical” plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, openDemocracy has found.
Between £38,000 and £50,500 of taxpayers’ money was spent on Facebook and Instagram ads for the government’s offshoring plan, which Home Office workers themselves have said feels like “taking part in human trafficking”. The Facebook spend is recorded in the platform’s own transparency disclosures.
It comes amid reports that the first flight to Rwanda, scheduled for Tuesday, could be delayed by legal action. An injunction could ground the flight.
