Explainer-Could Farage's plan for mass deportation of asylum seekers from UK work?


FILE PHOTO: A migrant swims to board an inflatable dinghy before leaving the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Nigel Farage's Reform UK set out plans this week for the mass deportation of asylum seekers from Britain, which would involve withdrawing from human rights treaties and working with authoritarian governments to take back their citizens.

Reform UK, which currently has only four seats in parliament but which is leading in most opinion polls, said its changes to asylum law would mean it could deport 600,000 asylum seekers in its first five-year term if it wins the next general election, which is expected in 2029.

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