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Farage to pledge to suspend asylum system for five years
The party says 90,000 appeals would be dropped and all new claims rejected as it seeks to curb migration and block legal challenges.
- On Monday, Reform leader Nigel Farage will announce a plan to suspend the UK asylum system for a full parliamentary term, scrapping all tribunals, legal refugee routes, and resettlement schemes while declaring pending applications void.
- Farage claims the UK is 'facing a national security emergency' and argues a Reform-led government must put British people first and protect borders. He states the country cannot accept more asylum seekers while illegal immigrant numbers remain unknown.
- Around 90,000 outstanding asylum appeals would be discarded with claimants deported. The party would target around 400,000 people for removal using visa bans and tariffs against Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan.
- Labour chairperson Bridget Phillipson called the proposals a 'clear sign of desperation and weakness,' while Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp argued they 'largely copy' existing policy. Liberal Democrat Max Wilkinson also criticized the move.
- To prevent legal challenges, Reform would pull the UK out of the European Convention and repeal the Human Rights Act. Home Office staff would be reprioritised to reviewing and overturning previous refugee grants.
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Farage to pledge to suspend asylum system for five years
Under the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes will be scrapped.
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