Operation Restoring Justice would detain and deport anyone arriving by small boat, with Farage confirming women and children would be subject to removal. The plan promises to stop crossings within days and deliver substantial cost savings. No operational details were provided: no RAF bases were named for detention, no deportation agreements identified with countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, Eritrea or Sudan, and no funding plan was explained beyond optimistic cost claims. Reform seeks to repeal the Human Rights Act, leave the ECHR, and disapply the 1951 refugee convention and the UN convention against torture. Legal experts and campaigners condemned the proposals as unrealistic and harmful to fundamental rights.
Unveiling Reform UK's Operation Restoring Justice at a combative Oxford press conference, Farage claimed his party would detain and deport absolutely anyone arriving by small boat and ensure they are never, ever allowed to stay, insisting this would stop crossings within days and save tens and possibly hundreds of billions of pounds. Pressed by reporters, Farage confirmed that women and children would also be detained under the plans, conceding that how we deal with children is a more complicated and difficult issue but insisting all arrivals would be subject to removal.
He was unable to name a single RAF base to be converted into secure detention facilities, despite insisting they would be central to his plans. He offered no detail on how Reform would secure deportation agreements with countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan, many of which have no return treaties with the UK and are considered unsafe by British courts.
Reform's leadership said it would repeal the Human Rights Act, leave the European convention on human rights (ECHR), and disapply the 1951 refugee convention and UN convention against torture, with senior party figure Zia Yusuf declaring that no lawyer and no judge would be able to prevent deportation flights from leaving.
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