Conservatives could potentially strike a returns agreement with Afghanistan over migration. The Conservative deportation plan published in May addresses both legal and illegal migration and is framed as more comprehensive than Reform UK's proposals. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch declined to confirm whether she would consider pursuing a returns agreement. Reform UK unveiled Operation Restoring Justice proposing deportation of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and payments to regimes such as the Taliban to accept returns. The proposal would overturn postwar human-rights commitments to permit deportation of people arriving by small boat, including women and children. The Government aims for a permanent EU food and drink deal within 18 months and to eliminate up to £65m in export licence costs by 2027.
The Conservatives could potentially strike a deal with Afghanistan over migration, the party's chair has said. Asked directly if the Tories would set up a returns agreement with the Taliban-run country, Kevin Hollinrake told Times Radio: Well, potentially, yes. The former minister added that his party's deportation plan, which was published in May, is far more comprehensive than the one we've seen from Reform, in that it dealt with both legal migration and illegal migration.
Nigel Farage has been accused of ugly and destructive rhetoric after announcing plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and pledging to pay despotic regimes such as the Taliban to take them back. Unveiling Reform UK's Operation Restoring Justice at a combative press conference in Oxford, Farage said he would rip up the UK's postwar human rights commitments, contained in a range of international conventions, to deport absolutely anyone including women and children arriving by small boat.
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