Reform claims it could deport 600,000 in migration plan

REFORM UK would seek to deport up to 600,000 migrants in its first parliament if elected to government.

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Nigel Farage warned of a “genuine threat to public order” without action to tackle illegal migration as he and Zia Yusuf launched the party’s plans at an event at London Oxford Airport.

Reform UK describes its “operation restoring justice” as a five-year emergency programme to detain and deport illegal migrants and deter future arrivals that they would enact if elected to government.

The party pledged to scale up detention capacity for asylum seekers to 24,000 and secure deals with countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea and Iran to return migrants to their countries.

Mr Farage failed to answer when asked how much he would be prepared to pay to Iran and the Taliban to take deportees back.