US EditionFarage Unveils Plan to Quit Rights Treaties and Mass-Deport Illegal Arrivals
Reform UK plans to detain up to 24,000 asylum seekers monthly and repeal key human rights laws to enforce mass deportations if elected, aiming to address illegal immigration crisis.
- On Tuesday, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage launched Operation Restoring Justice at London Oxford Airport, promising mass deportations, scrapping the Human Rights Act, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, and detaining 24,000 small-boat arrivals.
- Nearly 28,000 people have crossed the English Channel this year, with Nigel Farage saying `The mood in the country around this issue is a mix between total despair and rising anger` as Reform UK leads polls since April.
- Operational measures include mandatory data-sharing across NHS, HM Revenue & Customs and DVLA to locate undocumented migrants, arresting small-boat arrivals for detention and deportation to Afghanistan, Eritrea, Rwanda or Ascension Island, with housing at former military bases and over 100 detainees possibly returned to France.
- Councils and campaigners have launched legal challenges and protests at Bell Hotel and other asylum hotels, while the Home Office appeals court rulings and ministers prepare to return more than 100 arrivals; Reform UK's pledge includes deporting up to 600,000 people.
- Officials warn the proposals will encounter major legal and logistical barriers, noting the abandoned Rwanda scheme cost around £700 million but only removed four people voluntarily, while Government ministers and critics dismiss parts of Reform as `unworkable gimmicks` lacking delivery detail.
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