Farage Pushes Mass Deportations in Reform UK’s Small Boats Plan
Nigel Farage has once again thrown himself into the center of Britain’s immigration debate, this time with a bold and controversial pledge from his party, Reform UK. Speaking to The Times , Farage declared that small boat crossings in the English Channel have become a national crisis—one that he believes poses a direct threat to both security and public order. His solution? Mass deportations on a scale not seen before.
Although Reform UK holds just four seats in Parliament, the party has been climbing in the polls, fueled by growing public frustration over record numbers of small boat arrivals. According to Farage, the only way to end these crossings is to make it clear that those arriving will not be able to stay. He argued that if migrants know they will be detained and deported quickly, the flow of boats will stop “very quickly.”
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To carry out this strategy, Farage has laid out a plan that includes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, banning small boat arrivals from claiming asylum altogether, and detaining people on disused RAF bases before deporting them to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea—provided agreements can be secured. The party has even suggested running as many as five deportation flights a day, with Farage claiming the £10 billion program would save money in the long run.
Critics, however, have wasted no time in pushing back. Labour has dismissed the proposals as “pie in the sky,” with Shadow Border Security Minister Angela Eagle saying Farage is simply plucking numbers from the air. She stressed that the new Labour government is already working to fix what it calls a “broken asylum system” left behind by the Conservatives, increasing enforcement and ensuring removals where appropriate. The Conservatives, for their part, accused Farage of recycling ideas they had previously announced. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp even pointed out that Farage himself had once argued that mass deportations were impossible, before suddenly adopting them as his policy.
Despite the criticism, Reform UK insists that radical measures are necessary. Farage argues the British public has run out of patience, with anger over asylum hotels and migrant numbers building to what he describes as “not very far away from disorder.” He insists the scale of the problem—111,000 asylum applications in the year to June, and a 38% rise in small boat arrivals compared with the year before—demands nothing less than sweeping action.
Still, questions remain about the feasibility of these proposals. Deporting people to countries like Afghanistan and Eritrea could face major legal obstacles, while withdrawing from international agreements would spark fierce debate at home and abroad. Yet Farage seems determined to frame Reform UK as the only party willing to take the hard line, portraying others as ineffective or timid.
Whether these promises are realistic or not, the message is clear: Reform UK is betting that public anger over migration can be turned into political momentum. And with small boat crossings still rising, it is an issue that isn’t going away any time soon.
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