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Farage Plans 600,000 Migrant Deportations with Controversial Legislation

4/20/2026

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Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, said his party would convert military barracks housing asylum seekers into detention facilities on day one.
He proposed emergency legislation to bypass human rights protections and render asylum applications from illegal arrivals inadmissible.
His plan would create a "UK deportation command" to expel up to 600,000 migrants over five years, with daily flights.
Critics, including Labour, dismissed the proposals as unrealistic and costly.

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Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, said his party would convert military barracks housing asylum seekers into detention facilities on day one.
He proposed emergency legislation to bypass human rights protections and render asylum applications from illegal arrivals inadmissible.
His plan would create a "UK deportation command" to expel up to 600,000 migrants over five years, with daily flights.
Critics, including Labour, dismissed the proposals as unrealistic and costly.