Home secretary defends cost, saying it is about the same or cheaper than putting someone up in a hotel for a year The government’s “one in, one out” deal is costing about £56,000 for every person sent back to France, Shabana Mahmood has told MPs. The home secretary disclosed the figure as she wa...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/uk-paying-56000-for-each-person-returned-to-france-under-one-in-one-out-scheme)