Farage unveils 'mass deportation' plan for asylum seekers
Reform UK leader proposes pulling out of human rights treaty and running daily deportation flights.
Nigel Farage has outlined a manifesto pledging to withdraw Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights and negotiate bilateral returns deals with countries such as Eritrea and Afghanistan:contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}.
He proposes building holding facilities for 24,000 migrants on air bases and operating five deportation flights a day at a cost of about £2.5 billion, describing the policy as “mass deportations”:contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}.
The plan comes after 37,000 people crossed the Channel last year, with only 3 % deported, and amid widespread protests over asylum hotels.
Farage claims immigration is now voters’ top concern and says his programme would restore control of Britain’s borders.
He proposes building holding facilities for 24,000 migrants on air bases and operating five deportation flights a day at a cost of about £2.5 billion, describing the policy as “mass deportations”:contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}.
The plan comes after 37,000 people crossed the Channel last year, with only 3 % deported, and amid widespread protests over asylum hotels.
Farage claims immigration is now voters’ top concern and says his programme would restore control of Britain’s borders.
