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UK's Radical Deportation Plan Targets 750,000 Asylum Seekers

10/5/2025

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservative plan would create a Removals Force targeting 750,000 deportations.
It bans asylum claims for illegal entrants and withdraws from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The UK shows a post-Covid deportation rise. France's deportations rose 38.2% (2023–2024). Hungary's rose 93.9% in 2024 with 25 asylum claims. Spain's deportations rose 45.54%.

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Story summary

Kemi Badenoch's Conservative plan would create a Removals Force targeting 750,000 deportations.
It bans asylum claims for illegal entrants and withdraws from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The UK shows a post-Covid deportation rise. France's deportations rose 38.2% (2023–2024). Hungary's rose 93.9% in 2024 with 25 asylum claims. Spain's deportations rose 45.54%.