"The party has suggested it would be prepared to deport 600,000 people under the policy, if it wins the next general election."
"Central to the proposals is a plan to "disapply" international treaties restricting the government's ability to send people to unsafe countries, including the 1951 Refugee Convention."
"At a press conference to launch the scheme, Farage said women and children arriving illegally would be among those detained, whilst acknowledging the treatment of children was a "complicated and difficult issue"."
"But speaking at a further news briefing on Wednesday, he said the party was "not even discussing women and children at this stage" as part of the deportation plan."
Reform UK proposes a mass deportation scheme aimed at removing more than 650,000 adults it estimates are living illegally in the UK and future asylum seekers crossing the English Channel. The plan includes powers to "disapply" international treaties, including the 1951 Refugee Convention, to enable deportation to countries currently deemed unsafe. Zia Yusuf described a five-year programme with a "first phase" targeting adults without children, particularly single men, and suggested deportation of unaccompanied minors could occur in the "latter half" of that period. Nigel Farage initially said women and children would be detained but later stated they are "not even discussing women and children at this stage" for the next five years, while clarifying women arriving without children could still be targeted.
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