Farage’s bid to tackle small boats crossings will include overhaul of human rights law and use of old military bases to house migrants
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Nigel Farage will outline Reform’s plans to tackle small boats crossings this morning, setting out his party’s stall for government if it wins the next general election, expected in 2029.
The Reform party leader has claimed that his plans will lead to the “mass deportation” of hundreds of thousands of migrants and will prevent anyone entering illegally from ever being able to claim asylum.
A central tenant of Farage’s platform is disapplying swathes of international law to make removals easier. How tenable these plans are remains to be seen as the party would likely face many legal obstacles.
Reform is promising to leave the European court of human rights (ECHR), repeal the Human Rights Act and disapply international treaties like the Refugee Convention.
