Inside Rwanda's white elephant that's cost British taxpayers £220m: The 'luxury' Kigali hotel with football pitch, pool table, cinema room - set in beautiful grounds where staff are so bored waiting for UK asylum seekers they dust indoor palm trees

Staff astatine a Rwanda hostel earmarked since 2022 for asylum seekers are truthful bored waiting, they are dusting leaves from indoor plans and picking weeds from the tract – to the tune of much £220 cardinal of taxpayers' money.

The Hope Hostel is 1 of respective properties selected by the Rwandan authorities to location amerciable immigrants who volition beryllium flown from the UK successful July aft PM Rishi Sunak vowed 'nothing volition basal successful our way'.

But with dozens quality rights lawyers waiting successful the wings to combat claims and a Labour authorities unusual connected to instrumentality powerfulness - and who person already vowed to scrap the strategy - taxpayers volition beryllium furious astatine what looks progressively similar a costly achromatic elephant.

Earlier his week MailOnline was the archetypal British quality organisation to sojourn the Hope Hostel since the Government's Rwanda Bill was passed precocious connected Monday nighttime and was fixed a guided circuit of the premises.

Set successful the astute Kagugu territory of Kigali, location to galore expat houses, planetary schools and a fewer minutes thrust from the plush greens of the city's lone play course.

Hope Hostel was selected arsenic a tract to location 100 claimants and the managing manager and unit told america they had been '100 per cent acceptable since 2022' and were anxious to invited imaginable residents.

But due to the fact that of parliamentary deadlock and galore ineligible battles nary asylum seekers person arrived and truthful contempt a artifact booking of 2 years, with the assistance of UK cash, each the 42 employees person been doing is cleaning, dusting and weeding – continuously for the past 670 days.

When we were shown astir the four-storey building, we were astonished to spot unit connected each level, wiping the particulate from leaves of indoor thenar trees, extracurricular picking stray weeds from the tract oregon manus clipping the hedges to wrong an inch of their life.

In fact, the manicured gardens astatine Hope Hostel are truthful pristine they wouldn't look retired of spot successful a emblematic English colony tennis nine and are easy the envy of immoderate groundsman looking for a verdant lawn.

When they bash yet - oregon should that beryllium if – arrive, claimants volition beryllium housed successful duplicate rooms with a comfy mosquito covered nett bed, sliders, basal toiletries and a invited battalion of clothes.

Because the bulk are expected to beryllium Muslims a idiosyncratic Koran and supplication mat is besides made disposable successful each country and determination are besides 2 machine suites and 2 reddish carpeted supplication rooms.

The rooms each person balconies, and the fortunate ones volition person spectacular presumption implicit a vale towards Kigali's cardinal concern territory and the imposing 6,000ft Mt Kigali which dominates the horizon.

On entering done the information gates astatine the guarded analyzable the archetypal happening that greets you is the Hope Hostel slogan – 'Come arsenic a impermanent permission arsenic a friend' – but UK taxpayers volition beryllium near reasoning 'if only'.

Hope Hostel erstwhile housed orphans whose parents had been killed successful the 1994 Rwandan genocide which saw 800,000 Tutsi's slaughtered by Hutu extremists successful a massacres that lasted 100 days and whose day is this month.

Ismael Bakina, managing manager of the Hope Hostel, told the Mail: 'We were selected successful June 2022 for this task and it's not my spot to speech politics, but we person been acceptable and witing for 2 years.

'We are 100 per cent acceptable and if asylum seekers arrived from the UK contiguous it would not beryllium a occupation for us, we person been artifact booked the past 2 years and the unit present person been engaged preparing themselves.

'It's a shame nary 1 has arrived yet but we tin warrant a infirmary invited for them – the nutrient and beverage squad are acceptable but they haven't had to navigator thing yet isolated for meals for the staff.'

One subordinate of unit said: 'It's been the aforesaid happening time successful time retired for the past 2 years, clean, clean, cleanable and we wait, wait, hold for radical to get and nary 1 has possibly they volition soon.

'I walk my days wiping particulate from the indoor plants, past wiping the particulate from the railings connected each level and past cleaning the bathrooms but due to the fact that nary 1 uses them they are ever spotless.'

The Government's Rwanda program was introduced successful 2022 and astatine 1 signifier a level was acceptable and waiting to depart from Stansted but successful the extremity it was cancelled and successful the intervening years determination person been a dependable watercourse of tribunal cases.

Activists and absorption MPs person insisted the strategy – which would spot those who participate the UK illegally flown to Rwanda - is amerciable and inhumane and called into question the country's quality rights record.

The program is meant arsenic a deterrent to those migrants who would hazard their lives to transverse the English Channel and it's a argumentation which Mr Sunak is adamant 'will halt the boats' with the main people acceptable young men who are not fleeing warfare oregon persecution.

Those who person been flown to Rwanda volition person their claims assessed determination and if granted volition beryllium capable to stay determination and enactment oregon permission for different state but not the UK and they volition not beryllium sent backmost to wherever they near originally.

Hope Hostel is capable to instrumentality 100 and according to the model passed by the Rwanda authorities earlier this week they volition beryllium entitled to 3 meals a time arsenic good arsenic a mobile telephone and SIM.

On accomplishment those entering volition person to walk done an airdrome benignant metallic detector and beryllium fixed a check-up successful the aesculapian centre earlier enjoying a repast successful the Halal edifice successful the gathering opposite.

Later they tin unwind playing pool, connected a shot transportation oregon hoops tribunal – which was besides being swept – oregon ticker the latest movies oregon shot lucifer connected widescreen TVs successful communal areas.

Processing claims volition instrumentality spot successful a ample marquee which has been acceptable up successful the grounds of the hostel which is ringed by a precocious partition but those staying determination volition beryllium allowed to travel and spell arsenic they please.

As with immoderate different residential constitution determination is super-fast wifi escaped to each and erstwhile Home Secretary Priti Patel was 1 of the archetypal UK ministers to sojourn the Hope Hostel successful April 2022.

Continuing the circuit Mr Bakina said:' There is besides a ample indoor courtyard oregon atrium which tin beryllium utilized arsenic a communal country and the immense solid extortion lets successful a batch of airy and it is the cleanable spot to chill out.

'The purpose is to marque radical consciousness astatine home, and they won't person to wage for anything, each the costs person been picked up the UK and Rwandan government. The kitchens are ready, the rooms are ready, everything is acceptable we conscionable request immoderate people.'

For those that privation to navigator themselves an outdoor room has been provided and determination is besides a laundry country connected each level – the hostel surely has the consciousness of a midmarket self-catering flat block, but astatine Hope Hostel meals are provided.

Officials told the Mail claims would beryllium processed wrong 3 months of arriving and those that are granted tin stay successful Rwanda oregon if they neglect they volition inactive beryllium eligible for residency.

An archetypal £220 cardinal was sent to Rwanda arsenic of February this twelvemonth with different £50 cardinal to travel aboriginal and a further £50 cardinal successful 2025 and 2026.

Last period the government's spending watchdog said the UK would beryllium paying £370 cardinal to Rwanda arsenic portion of the program and though nary steadfast figures person been revealed it volition impact astir 1500 people.

Up to £150,00 volition besides beryllium paid for each idiosyncratic sent to the eastbound African state implicit the five-year play of the strategy – it ends successful 2027 – and Labour has already described the National Audit Office figures arsenic a 'nationals scandal'.

The Home Office has insisted that: 'Doing thing is not without important costs adding that unless we act, the outgo of lodging asylum seekers is acceptable to scope £11bn per twelvemonth by 2026.

'Illegal migration costs lives and perpetuates quality trafficking, and it is truthful close that we money solutions to interruption this unsustainable cycle.'

But pursuing MailOnline's sojourn questions volition undoubtedly asked by taxpayers astir conscionable however overmuch has been spent already connected a task that is improbable to truly ever get disconnected the ground.

And portion the UK authorities is insisting the task volition prevention wealth successful the agelong tally keeping costs of providing for migrants down, the eyewatering figures for what has been spent the past 2 years to support particulate disconnected indoor thenar trees volition permission taxpayers fuming.

John O’Connell main enforcement of the TaxPayers’ Alliance told MailOnline: 'At the infinitesimal the lone happening entity bound is the outgo of this scheme.

'Ministers person stake the batch connected the Rwanda plan, yet taxpayers person not seen immoderate results.

'Time to amusement that this strategy isn't conscionable a gimmick and volition really present what it says connected the tin.'

Behind the antagonistic astatine the Hope Hostel receptionist a unit subordinate - sitting nether a timepiece showing the clip successful London - sat talking to a colleague.

While elsewhere bored information guards scrolled their iPhones arsenic they tried to portion distant their clip until the extremity of their shifts.

The boredom of their time was evidently evident with the lone excitement coming from luncheon that was astir to beryllium served by room staff.

Mr Bakina added:' We are a backstage institution and person been selected to supply the work arsenic requested and disconnected people determination is simply a outgo which has been met by the British and Rwandan government, but I wouldn't beryllium capable to stock that with you arsenic it s commercially sensitive.'

Dr. Doris Uwicyeza Picard, Coordiantor of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership, told MailOnline:'We are pleased that the Bill has been passed by the U.K. Parliament.

'However, it doesn't change what we person ever known to beryllium true: we person worked hard implicit the past 30 years to marque Rwanda a harmless and unafraid state for Rwandans and non-Rwandans alike. T

'This is wherefore we are capable connection information to the implicit 130,000 refugees already successful Rwanda, and wherefore we spouse with the UNHCR to bring migrants stuck successful Libya to information successful our country.

'We are committed to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with the UK and look guardant to welcoming those relocated to Rwanda.'

When asked what she made of critics who said Rwanda was not a harmless state she replied: 'The attacks connected Rwanda by opponents of the argumentation are unjustified.

'Anyone who attacks this program needs to explicate what argumentation they're proposing that volition some code the contiguous situation causing untold suffering and decease to those making these unsafe journeys, portion besides addressing the underlying causes of the planetary migration crisis.

'What is often mislaid successful the statement successful the UK is the economical improvement portion of this agreement. The UK authorities acknowledges that without addressing the planetary imbalance of economical opportunities you're ne'er going to wholly halt the boats.

'This is wherefore they're investing successful Rwanda's economical and societal development, and this could go a exemplary for different countries seeking to forestall radical from making unsafe journeys to Europe.'

She added:' Rwanda has been acceptable from the infinitesimal we archetypal hold to participate into this Partnership. In summation to Hope Hostel, Rwanda has entered into agreements with different hotels that volition avail the entirety of their facilities to accommodate relocated individuals astatine a moment's notice.

'All migrant who travel to Rwanda volition beryllium fixed the accidental to work, and we volition supply them with the enactment they request to physique caller lives successful Rwanda.

'Plans are successful spot to equip relocated individuals with the skills indispensable to seamlessly integrate into the occupation market. They volition helium provided with brushed skills and connection skills.

'Rwanda's technical, vocational, and acquisition institutions, including universities, volition beryllium receiving those who privation to undertake studies. In addition, determination volition beryllium skills matching programs to facilitate their entree to employment.

'The wealth provided to Rwanda is being utilized to some hole to person and attraction for the migrants erstwhile they arrive, and to enactment Rwanda's economical improvement done assorted programmes crossed government.'

A Home Office spokesperson told MailOnline: 'Now that the Safety of Rwanda Act has passed and our Treaty with Rwanda been ratified, Government is entering the last signifier of operationalising this landmark argumentation to tackle amerciable migration and halt the boats.

“Our concern with Rwanda volition prevention taxpayers wealth by deterring radical from coming to the UK illegally. The archetypal formation volition nonstop a almighty connection that if you travel present illegally, you volition not beryllium allowed to enactment successful the UK.”