The Church of England's most senior bishop has launched a blistering attack on Nigel Farage's small boats policy.
Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, branded the Reform UK leader's proposals for mass deportations as being 'isolationist, short-term' and 'kneejerk'.
Mr Farage this week set out plans to deport 600,000 migrants through 'Operation Restoring Justice' which he hopes to implement should his party win the next election.
But the archbishop, who is the most senior figure in the CofE in the absence of an Archbishop of Canterbury, said Mr Farage was not offering a solution to the 'big issues' which are driving people to risk the English Channel crossing.
Mr Cottrell said any plans to lock up and deport migrants would not solve the growing crisis which has seen more than 50,000 small boat arrivals since Sir Keir Starmer's Labour came to power last July.
