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UK Conservatives Plan Mass Deportations, Citizenship Stripping Up to 40,000

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC · How we work

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Conservatives announced a plan to deport foreign criminals convicted of offences beyond minor infractions.
The policy would raise annual deportations from 6,000 to 40,000.
Minister Kemi Badenoch said dual-national offenders jailed over five years and resident under 15 years would be stripped of citizenship.
The plan would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act.

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Conservatives announced a plan to deport foreign criminals convicted of offences beyond minor infractions.
The policy would raise annual deportations from 6,000 to 40,000.
Minister Kemi Badenoch said dual-national offenders jailed over five years and resident under 15 years would be stripped of citizenship.
The plan would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act.