Nigel Farage’s mass deportations plan would make the UK a “pariah state”, experts have warned – and dismantle key human rights protections for British citizens.
The Reform UK leader has announced plans to deport 600,000 asylum seekers, including women and children, in his first term if his party win the next general election.
The party would bar anyone who comes to the UK on small boats from claiming asylum and pay countries like Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to take deportees.
Farage acknowledged that these people might be tortured or murdered in their home countries – but insisted it was a price worth paying.
“What really bothers me is what is happening on the streets of our country,” the right-wing firebrand told reporters. “What really bothers me is what is happening to British