Farage deportation plan relies on these conditions - legal expert explains if it could work
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 () Explaining how they plan to tackle what they described as illegal migration, Nigel Farage and his Reform UKcolleague Zia Yusuf were happy to disclose some of the finer details - how much money migrants would be offered to leave and what punishments they would receive if they returned.
On Tuesday morning Reform UK leader Nigel Farage delivered a speech in Oxford announcing that the UK would leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if his party were in power. Reform sees the convention as a barrier to its planned deportation of people who have entered Britain illegally and remain in the country at the expense of taxpayers. But what might be the unintended consequences of such a move? Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
If you want a dissection of whether the £10bn cost of Reform UK's new deportation policy is an underestimate, the analysis that follows is going to disappoint. Sky News
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accuses Nigel Farage of “copying our homework” after Reform UK revealed its plan to stop illegal migration to the country by deporting people arriving on small boats and leaving the ECHR. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says Nigel Farage should “apologise” for illegal migration, saying “it was Farage’s Brexit that caused the small boats”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Laying out Reform UK’s plans to tackle illegal migration, Nigel Farage says the only way to stop small boat arrivals is by "detaining and deporting absolutely anyone that comes via that route". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Explaining how they plan to tackle what they described as illegal migration, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK colleague Zia Yusuf were happy to disclose some of... Sky News Also reported by •Upworthy
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 ()
Explaining how they plan to tackle what they described as illegal migration, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK colleague Zia Yusuf were happy to disclose some of the finer details - how much money migrants would be offered to leave and what punishments they would receive if they returned.
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Explaining how they plan to tackle what they described as illegal migration, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK colleague Zia Yusuf were happy to disclose some of...
