Reform UK pledges mass deportations of asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats, proposing detention and removal as core policy. The plan includes withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, banning small-boat arrivals from claiming asylum, detaining people on disused RAF bases, and negotiating returns with countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea. Nigel Farage argues detention and deportation will rapidly halt crossings and says the situation threatens national security and risks public disorder. Many measures could face legal challenges. Labour dismisses the plan as unrealistic while Conservatives promise a practical credible alternative. Asylum applications reached 111,000 and small-boat arrivals rose 38%.
Farage's Reform may have only four MPs but they are riding high in the polls - not least because of frustration over record-high small boats crossings. We now have more of an idea of what the party would do to tackle the issue. Labour has called the plan pie in the sky. The Conservatives said they would deliver a credible plan that would work in practice.
Farage tells the Times that if people know they will be detained and deported they will stop coming "very quickly". He wants to take Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights and ban small boats arrivals from claiming asylum. People could be detained on disused RAF bases and returned to countries like Afghanistan and Eritrea if agreements were reached. Many of these measures could face legal challenges but Reform's leadership is convinced radical action is needed.
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