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The flagship policy for several Prime Ministers became the Rwanda plan. But three years, four Prime Ministers and £715 million later, the policy is dead and never really got off the ground. This is how so much money was spent on so little.
Reporter: Catherine Neilan
Producer: Ada Barume
Sound design: Dominic Delargy
Artwork: Lola Williams
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Slow Newscast Executive Producer: Matt Russell
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