Reform UK Proposes Mass Deportations and Immigration Cuts

Reform UK, a rising political force in Britain, announced sweeping immigration reforms on Monday aimed at drastically reducing migrant numbers and enhancing border enforcement. The plans, outlined by the party's home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf during a speech in Dover, include creating a new agency modeled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of people deemed to be in the country illegally.

Yusuf, who is the son of migrants, described current immigration levels as a national security issue requiring urgent action. The proposals center on establishing the UK Deportation Command, which would expand detention capacity to 24,000 individuals and enable the removal of up to 288,000 people annually through daily deportation flights. To facilitate this, the party pledges to introduce an Illegal Migration Mass Deportation Act, imposing a legal duty on the home secretary to deport undocumented migrants while limiting judicial interventions. Reform UK also commits to withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights and other international treaties to override potential legal barriers.

The policy extends beyond illegal...