Farage Plans Mass Deportations, Detention Centres UK-Wide

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has unveiled an aggressive immigration plan centered on mass deportations of illegal migrants arriving by small boats to the UK. He proposes repealing the Human Rights Act, withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and disapplying other international treaties that he claims obstruct deportation efforts, describing the situation as a national emergency. Farage’s plan includes building large detention centers on military sites to hold up to 24,000 people, with detainees barred from leaving or claiming bail, and deporting hundreds of thousands via five daily charter flights. He also suggests negotiating return agreements with countries like Afghanistan and Eritrea, relocating migrants to third countries such as Rwanda and Albania, and potentially using remote British overseas territories like Ascension Island for processing. To encourage voluntary departures, a 'deportation app' offering migrants £2,500 and a free flight home would be introduced. Critics, including Labour, have dismissed the proposals as impractical, while Sir Keir Starmer maintains a commitment to international law and the ECHR, despite increasing internal pressure for tougher immigration policies.