"Nigel Farage wants you to believe Britain could deport 288,000 people annually. That's nearly 800 a day 30 times the current rate of asylum-related returns. This is a fantasy concealing his real aim: to destroy public trust in democratic institutions, crush legal constraints and turn fear into power. Mr Farage isn't trying to fix the asylum system. In fact, he wants to dismantle the political framework necessary to achieve that goal: the treaties, parliamentary conventions and centuries of legal protections."
"This led to a backlog of unheard asylum claims, spiralling hotel costs and public anger with no drop in small boat crossings. But Mr Farage wants to go further. He pledges to withdraw from the European convention on human rights (ECHR); repeal the Human Rights Act to remove legal routes of appeal; disapply the UN refugee convention for five years; and exit anti-torture and anti-trafficking treaties."
Nigel Farage claims Britain could deport 288,000 people annually, nearly 800 a day, far exceeding current asylum-related returns. The proposal seeks to remove legal checks by withdrawing from the ECHR, repealing the Human Rights Act, disapplying the UN refugee convention for five years and exiting anti-torture and anti-trafficking treaties. Operation Restoring Justice echoes a failed 2023 strategy to detain and deport while processing no one, which created backlogs, high hotel costs and no reduction in small-boat crossings. Practical limits include only 2,200 detention places versus a proposed 24,000 and the absence of return agreements with many countries.
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