US EditionReform UK threatens to deny visas to citizens of countries demanding reparations
The party says the move would halt legal migration from 17 countries after claiming 3.8 million visas were issued over two decades.
- Reform UK announced plans to block visas for citizens of 17 countries demanding slavery reparations, claiming this stops the United Kingdom from being treated like a "global doormat."
- Defending the policy, Reform home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said the "bank is closed" to reparation-seeking countries, describing such demands as "insulting" to Britain's historical record.
- The proposed restrictions affect 17 countries, including 11 Caribbean states, three African nations, plus Guyana, Suriname, and Belize, with Yusuf insisting Britain will "no longer tolerate being ridiculed on the world stage."
- A Labour Party spokesperson denounced the proposal as a "desperate gimmick" that would "do nothing to restore order and control to Britain's borders," citing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's prior stance on slavery.
- Reform previously vowed to scrap foreign aid to reparation-seeking nations, calling it a "guilt-trip tax," while the government maintains a "forward looking" stance despite pressure from several Labour MPs.
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Zia Yusuf fact-checked after threatening countries with visa ban
Zia Yusuf has been embarrassingly fact-checked after revealing the list of nations that Reform UK would threaten to slap with visa bans. On Tuesday, Yusuf announced that, if Reform came into power, the party would ban visas to nationals of several countries unless they drop demands for slavery reparations from the UK. The list included Caribbean countries such as Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, along with African countries including …
Reform UK would deny visas to countries seeking slavery reparations: 'The United Kingdom is not an ATM'
If Reform UK forms the next government, it would stop issuing visas to people from countries seeking slavery reparations from Britain, according to Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesperson. Yusuf told the Daily Telegraph that the call for reparations was “insulting”, adding that over 3 million visas had been issued over the last 20...
Reform's cruel statements on slavery run on corporate media like clockwork
Reform – the UK media’s darling – is currently being given a platform to air cruel statements about slavery and reparation demands on most UK news channels and platforms. A resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade and the associated system of racialised chattel enslavement to be the gravest crime against humanity, a text that saw the UK and Ukraine abstain, as the measure passed with 123 votes in favou…
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