- Nigel Farage's Reform UK party is set to unveil plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers arriving in the UK via small boats.
- The proposals include immediate arrest and automatic detention of arrivals, forced deportation to countries like Afghanistan and Eritrea, and potential deals with third countries such as Rwanda or British overseas territories.
- Reform UK's strategy involves withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, repealing the Human Rights Act, and enacting legislation to bar small boat arrivals from claiming asylum.
- Mr Farage indicated the plans could lead to hundreds of thousands of deportations, with five charter flights departing the UK daily, and the construction of detention centres for 24,000 people.
- These proposals emerge amid increasing tensions over asylum hotels and a record number of nearly 28,000 people crossing the English Channel into the UK so far in 2025.
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