Farage Plans to Scrap UK Human Rights Law to Enable Mass Migrant Deportations

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has pledged to abolish the UK's Human Rights Act and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to enable mass deportations of illegal migrants arriving via small boats. His proposal includes replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights that would apply solely to British citizens and legal residents, effectively denying asylum claims to unauthorized arrivals and detaining them in facilities such as former military bases before deportation, potentially to British Overseas Territories or third countries like Rwanda. Farage criticizes existing international human rights treaties as obstacles to deportation efforts and positions his plan as prioritizing national security and British citizens' rights over these treaties. Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is negotiating with France on a “one in, one out” migrant agreement to return over 100 undocumented migrants to France while accepting an equal number of asylum seekers with UK connections. The UK has seen a record 28,288 small boat crossings this year, intensifying political pressure to address the migrant crisis. Critics argue that Farage's proposals are extreme and recycle ideas already attempted by the Conservative government, while supporters view them as necessary to restore control over immigration.