The criticism comes just a day after a High Court judge ordered Mr Sunak to reveal when the first planned Rwanda flight would take off amid confusion over the date.
Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain said there was “insufficient clarity” from the Government over the date for him to work out when to hear a legal challenge against the scheme.
Mr Sunak has suggested that the flights will not take off until after the election on July 4, while Sir Keir Starmer has said an incoming Labour government would scrap the scheme from day one.
The public accounts committee said the uncertainty had left 50,000 asylum seekers in limbo because the Home Office was not processing their claims, having declared them inadmissible because they entered the UK illegally.
Currently, the only viable option for many asylum seekers was to remove them to Rwanda, as other potential third-country partnerships would need significant lead times to be up and running.
Many of asylum seekers are living in temporary Home Office accommodation, where there had been numerous reports of self-harm and suicide, the MPs said.
The committee also warned that housing asylum seekers on RAF bases and the Bibby Stockholm barge was set to cost taxpayers £46 million more than if they had remained in hotels because of Home Office mistakes.
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