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\"deportation<\/a>Britain’s Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a press conference in London, Britain, July 28, 2025. REUTERS\/Jaimi Joy\/File Photo<\/p>\n

Former Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage on Saturday unveiled proposals for the \u201cmass deportation<\/a>\u201d of asylum seekers arriving in Britain on small boats across the English Channel, a policy he vowed to pursue if his Reform UK party wins power.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Times newspaper, Farage said he would withdraw Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights and sign deals with Afghanistan<\/a>, Eritrea and other top countries of origin to repatriate illegal migrants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can be nice to people, we can be nice to other countries, or we can be very tough to other countries \u2026 I mean (U.S. President Donald) Trump has proved this point quite comprehensively,\u201d Farage said.<\/p>\n

Asked if he was concerned that asylum seekers would be killed or tortured if they were sent to countries with poor human rights records, Farage said he was more worried about the threat he believed asylum seekers posed to Britons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t be responsible for despotic regimes all over the world. But I can be responsible for the safety of women and girls on our streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Greatest Concern\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Britain has seen regular small-scale protests in recent weeks outside hotels housing asylum seekers, spurred in part by concerns about public safety after some migrants were charged with sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Broader opinion polls show that immigration and asylum are the public\u2019s greatest concern, just ahead of the economy, and Reform UK \u2013 which won five seats at last year\u2019s general election \u2013 has topped recent voting intention polls.<\/p>\n

Last year 37,000 people \u2013 mostly from Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Vietnam and Eritrea \u2013 arrived in Britain from France by crossing the English Channel in small boats. The total was up by a quarter from 2023 and accounted for 9% of net migration.<\/p>\n

About two-thirds of people who arrive via small boats and claim asylum are successful and only 3% have been deported, according to figures analysed by the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n

Farage told The Times he would end the right to claim asylum or to challenge deportation for those who arrived by small boats by replacing existing human rights legislation and opting Britain out of refugee treaties, citing a national emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aim of this legislation is mass deportations,\u201d Farage said, adding that a \u201cmassive crisis\u201d caused by asylum seekers was fuelling public anger.<\/p>\n

The Times said Farage wanted to create holding facilities for 24,000 migrants on air bases at a cost of 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) and operate five deportation flights a day with total deportations reaching the hundreds of thousands.<\/p>\n

If that failed, asylum seekers could be held on Ascension Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic, to send a symbolic message, Farage said.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.7395 pounds)<\/p>\n

(With inputs from Reuters)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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